Belcoo
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  Belcoo Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 540 (2011 Census) |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ENNISKILLEN |
| Postcode district | BT93 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
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Belcoo (/bɛlˈkuː/ (from Irish Béal Cú, meaning 'mouth of the narrow [stretch of water]')[1][2] is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 10 miles (16 km) from Enniskillen. It is on the County Fermanagh/County Cavan border beside the village of Blacklion in the Republic of Ireland. It had a population (with Holywell) of 540 in the 2011 Census.[3] It is situated within the Fermanagh and Omagh District.
The Lough MacNean Tourism Initiative has been in operation since 2003, and is an economy building project, aimed at addressing tourism needs in the area while promoting cross-border relations. Belcoo Enterprise Ltd opened in 1992 in units shared with the Belcoo Historical Society, a doctor's surgery, a chiropodist and Lakeland Community Care. The Mullycovet corn mill, which functioned from 1830 until the 1920s, is being restored. The Indigenous Resources School of Transferable Skills aims to teach marginalised groups including the unemployed, New Age travellers, the disabled, to use natural materials as a learning facility.
- ^ Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 172. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 0-7171-3396-6
- ^ "Place Names NI – Home". placenamesni.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Belcoo / Holywell Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2019.