Rosslea
Rosslea
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 Rosslea Parish Church | |
  Rosslea Location withinNorthern Ireland | |
| Population | 528(2011 Census) |
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| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
RossleaorRoslea(fromIrishRos Liath,meaning 'grey wood or wooded height')[1]is a smallvillageinCounty Fermanagh,Northern Ireland,near the border withCounty Monaghanin theRepublic of Ireland.It stands on theFinn Riverand is beset by small natural lakes. Rosslea Forest, also known as Spring Grove Forest, is nearby. In the2011 Censusit had a population of 528 people.
History
[edit]There were several incidents in the Rosslea area during theAnglo-Irish War.On 21 February 1921, a group ofSpecial ConstablesandUlster Volunteersburned tenIrish 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, theIrish Republican Armyattacked 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 theIrish Free Statehad the recommendations of theIrish Boundary Commissionbeen enacted in 1925.[4]
Transport
[edit]Ulsterbusroute 95C provides acommuterservice toEnniskillenwith 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 Due to proposed cuts to bus services route 95C may be withdrawn in 2015.[5][6]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
[edit]The localGaelic footballclub isRoslea Shamrocks,founded in 1888, they are the third most successful club inCounty Fermanagh(after Teemore Shamrocks and Lisnaskea Emmetts).[citation needed]
2001 Census
[edit]Rosslea is classified as a small village or hamlet by theNI 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:
- 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 aCatholicbackground and 2.0% were from aProtestantbackground
- 10.6% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed
2011 Census
[edit]On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Rosslea Settlement was 528 accounting for 0.03% of the NI total.[7]
- 99.43% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
- 93.18% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 5.11% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
- 6.82% indicated that they had a British national identity, 66.86% had an Irish national identity and 23.11% had a Northern Irish national identity*.
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:
- 29.53% had some knowledge of Irish;
- 0.39% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
- 4.13% did not have English as their first language.
Education
[edit]References
[edit]- ^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
- ^"Irish Boundary Commission Report".National Archives. 1925. pp. 140–143.Archivedfrom the original on 26 November 2020.Retrieved10 August2020.
- ^"All Enniskillen town bus services facing the chop".Fermanaghherald.11 March 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 15 April 2015.Retrieved26 February2016.
- ^"Ulsterbus services consultation response deadline extension – April 17".Translink.co.uk.31 March 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 4 October 2015.Retrieved26 February2016.
- ^"Census 2011 Population Statistics for Rosslea Settlement".NISRA.Retrieved29 September2022.