Brookeborough

Brookeborough
Lady Brooke Memorial Hall, Brookeborough
Brookeborough is located in Northern Ireland
Brookeborough
Brookeborough
Location within Northern Ireland
Population517 (2001 census)
Irish grid referenceH380410
• Belfast69 miles (111 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEnniskillen
Postcode districtBT94
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°18′54″N 7°24′22″W / 54.315°N 7.406°W / 54.315; -7.406

Brookeborough (/brʊkˈbʌrə/; Irish: Achadh Lon, meaning 'Field of the Blackbirds'[2]) is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, at the westerly foot of Slieve Beagh. It lies about eleven miles east of Enniskillen, just off the A4 trunk road, and about five miles west of the County Tyrone boundary. It is situated in the civil parish of Aghavea and the historic barony of Magherastephana.[3] It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.

According to the 2001 census, Brookeborough had a population of 517. The economy is heavily dependent on cattle and sheep farming. There are five places of Christian worship; a Catholic church, a Methodist church (built in 1839), an Elim Pentecostal church, a Church of Ireland church and a Baptist church; two public houses; and two primary (elementary) schools.

  1. ^ "Achadh Lon/Brookeborough".
  2. ^ Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 29. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
  3. ^ "Brookeborough". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 5 May 2015.