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Rosslea
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Rosslea
Location within Northern Ireland
Population528 (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°14′21″N7°10′26″W / 54.2393°N 7.174°W / 54.2393; -7.174

Rosslea or Roslea (from Irish Ros Liath, meaning 'grey wood or wooded height') [1] is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, near the border with County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. It stands on the Finn River and is beset by small natural lakes. Rosslea Forest, also known as Spring Grove Forest, is nearby. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 528 people.

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History

There were several incidents in the Rosslea area during the Anglo-Irish War. On 21 February 1921, a group of Special Constables and Ulster Volunteers burned ten Irish nationalists' homes and a priest's house in Rosslea as revenge for the shooting of a Special Constable. A UVF member mistakenly shot and killed himself during the attacks. [2] On the night of 21 March, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the homes of up to sixteen Special Constables in the Rosslea district, killing three and wounding others. IRA volunteers were also wounded and one was captured. [3]

Rosslea was one of several Catholic border villages in Fermanagh that would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925. [4]

On 25 November 1955, members of Irish republican splinter group Saor Uladh launched an unsuccessful raid on the local Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks. [5] After blowing a hole in the wall of the barracks with an explosive, they attempted to enter but were driven back by a police sergeant armed with a Sten gun. [6] Connie Green, the leader of the raid, was shot and fatally wounded during this incident. [6]

Transport

Ulsterbus route 95C provides a commuter service to Enniskillen with one journey to the county town in the morning returning in the evening. There is no service on Saturdays and Sundays. Onward connections are available at Enniskillen. Due to proposed cuts to bus services route 95C may be withdrawn in 2015. [7] [8]

Sport

The local Gaelic football club is Roslea Shamrocks, founded in 1888, they are the third most successful club in County Fermanagh (after Teemore Shamrocks and Lisnaskea Emmetts).[ citation needed ]

2001 Census

Rosslea is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 554 people living in Rosslea. Of these:

2011 Census

On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Rosslea Settlement was 528 accounting for 0.03% of the NI total. [9]

Respondents could indicate more than one national identity

On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Rosslea Settlement, considering the population aged 3 years old and over:

Education

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References

  1. ↑ Place Names NI
  2. ↑ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign. Mercier Press, 2011. pp. 115–116
  3. ↑ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages, pp. 117–119
  4. ↑ "Irish Boundary Commission Report". National Archives. 1925. pp. 140–143. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Hanley, Brian; Millar, Scott (2009). The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party. Dublin: Penguin Ireland. p. 11. ISBN   978-1-84488-120-8.
  6. 1 2 Wallace Clark (1967). Guns in Ulster. Belfast: Constabulary Gazette. pp. 96–97.
  7. ↑ "All Enniskillen town bus services facing the chop". Fermanaghherald.com. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ulsterbus services consultation response deadline extension – April 17". Translink.co.uk. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Rosslea Settlement". NISRA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.


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