Ballycassidy

Ballycassidy
  • Irish: Baile Uí Chaiside
Ballycassidy Post Office
Ballycassidy is located in Northern Ireland
Ballycassidy
Ballycassidy
Location within Northern Ireland
Population90 (2001 Census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°24′N 7°39′W / 54.40°N 7.65°W / 54.40; -7.65

Ballycassidy (from Irish Baile Uí Chaiside, meaning 'O’Cassidy’s townland') is a small village and townland (of 83 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 6.5 km north of Enniskillen on the eastern shore of Lower Lough Erne.[1] It is situated in the civil parish of Trory and the historic barony of Tirkennedy.[2] In the 2001 Census it had (with Laragh and Trory) a population of 315 people. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.

Ballycassidy is a small rural community, consisting mainly of scattered homes, the Balcas Sawmill and rich farm land along the Ballycassidy River. There is no pub or grocery store, only a post office. The Ballycassidy River flows into Lower Lough Erne a short distance to the west.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Ballycassidy". Place Names NI. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Ballycassidy". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 April 2015.