Rosslea

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Rosslea (Roslea)
Ros Liath

Location

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
54°14′22″N 7°10′26″W / 54.2393, -7.174

Statistics

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Dialling code:

028, +44 28

Population (2001)

554

Website: www.fermanagh.gov.uk

Rosslea parish church

Rosslea (or Roslea; Ros Liath in Irish) is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, close to the border with County Monaghan. It stands on the Finn River and is surrounded by small natural lakes. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 554 people. It lies within the Fermanagh District Council area.

Former US President Bill Clinton has claimed that his distant forebears came from Rosslea, though these claims have been dismissed by the Directory of Irish Genealogy as "baseless".

1 Places of interest
2 History
- 2.1 The Troubles
3 2001 Census
4 Education
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Places of interest

Rosslea Forest is nearby.

[edit] History

[edit] The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Rosslea, which includes a list of incidents in Rosslea during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

[edit] 2001 Census

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

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service