Lack, County Fermanagh

This article is about the village and townland in County Fermanagh. For other uses, see Lack.
Lack
Irish: An Leac
 Lack shown within Northern Ireland
Population 111 (2011 Census)
Irish grid referenceH271665
DistrictFermanagh
CountyCounty Fermanagh
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ENNISKILLEN
Postcode district BT94
Dialling code 028, +44 28
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentFermanagh and South Tyrone
NI AssemblyFermanagh and South Tyrone
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh

Coordinates: 54°32′46″N 7°34′37″W / 54.546°N 7.577°W / 54.546; -7.577

Lack (from Irish: An Leac, meaning "the flagstone") is a small village and townland (of 224 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 5.5km 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).

Places of interest

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

See also

References

  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. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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