Rosslea
Rosslea
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 Roslea parish church | |
  Rosslea Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 554 (2001 Census) |
| District | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
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 River Finn and is beset by small natural lakes. Roslea Forest is nearby. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 528 people.
History
There were several incidents in the Rosslea area during the Irish War of Independence. On 21 February 1921, a group of Special Constables and Ulster Volunteers burned ten homes owned by Irish nationalists 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 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] When news of these killings reached Belfast, gunfire broke out in the York Street area and a Catholic civilian was killed.[4]
For more information see The Troubles in Rosslea, which includes a list of incidents in Roslea during the Troubles (1960s–1990s) resulting in two or more fatalities.
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 Due to proposed cuts to bus services route 95C may be withdrawn in 2015.[5][6]
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).
2001 Census
Roslea 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 Roslea. Of these:
- 25.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.8% were aged 60 and over
- 46.8% of the population were male and 53.3% were female
- 97.5% were from a Catholic background and 2.0% were from a Protestant background
- 10.6% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed
Education
References
- ^ Place Names NI
- ^ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign. Mercier Press, 2011. pp.115-116
- ^ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages, pp.117-119
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100330024621/http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/march_1921.htm. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "All Enniskillen town bus services facing the chop". Fermanaghherald.com. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "Ulsterbus services consultation response deadline extension – April 17". Translink.co.uk. 2015-03-31. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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