Lack, County Fermanagh

Summary

Lack (from Irish An Leac, meaning "the flagstone") is a small village and townland (of 224 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 5.5 km east-north-east of Ederny.[1] It is situated in the civil parish of Magheraculmoney and the historic barony of Lurg.[2] It had a population of 111 people (50 households) in the 2011 Census.[3] (2001 Census: 114 people).

Lack
Lack's main street
Lack is located in Northern Ireland
Lack
Lack
Location within Northern Ireland
Population111 (2011 Census)
Irish grid referenceH271665
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townENNISKILLEN
Postcode districtBT94
Dialling code028, +44 28
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°32′46″N 7°34′37″W / 54.546°N 7.577°W / 54.546; -7.577

Places of interest edit

Airtricity built a wind farm on Tappaghan Hill in the townland of Glenarn, near Lack.[4] It was commissioned in February 2005 and yields 19.5MW of electricity, enough to power about 12,000 houses.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Lack, County Fermanagh". Place Names NI. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Lack, County Fermanagh". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Lack". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Airtricity - Lack". Archived from the original on 22 March 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2006.

External links edit

  • A Little History of Lack (archived 2001)
  • Ederney.com - Community web site for the Glendarragh Valley area/Fermanagh Erne Lakelands Tourism info (archived 2011)