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Bellanaleck
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Bellanaleck
Location within Northern Ireland
Population532 (2011 Census)
District
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district BT
Dialling code 028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°17′42″N7°38′27″W / 54.2949°N 7.6407°W / 54.2949; -7.6407 Coordinates: 54°17′42″N7°38′27″W / 54.2949°N 7.6407°W / 54.2949; -7.6407

Bellanaleck (from Irish : Bealach na Leice, meaning 'pass of the flagstone' [1] ) is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies just south of Enniskillen on the main A509 (N3) road towards Cavan and Dublin. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 532. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.

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Transport

Bellanaleck is a stop on the Donegal-Enniskillen-Cavan-Dublin Airport-Dublin Bus Éireann Expressway route 30. There is a coach in each direction every two hours during the day as well as an overnight journey. [2] Services operate daily including Sundays. Ulsterbus route 58 from Enniskillen to Belturbet via Kinawley also serves Bellanaleck several times a day, Mondays to Saturdays. [3]

Demography

According to the 2001 census, Bellanaleck had a population of 213 people, of these:[ citation needed ]

On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 532 people living in Bellanaleck.

People

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References

  1. Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 182. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ISBN   0-7171-3396-6
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Translink".