Letterbreen

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Letterbreen ({{Irish derived place name|Leitir Bhruín|Bruín's hillside}})[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=7847 Placenames NI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613150449/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=7847 |date=2012-06-13 }}[http://www.logainm.ie/59095.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] is a hamlet in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 5 miles southwest of Enniskillen on the main route to Sligo. It lies in the foothills of Belmore Mountain.

The hamlet has a Methodist church built in 1885,Rowan, Alistair, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (Comprising the Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone), Penguin, London, 1979 p.340-1 a Church of Ireland church hall, a shop, a post office, a pub and several houses. It is served by a primary school at nearby Florencecourt. Letterbreen Court House was located a mile west of Letterbreen crossroads, in one of the wings of Summerhill house.Rowan, Alistair, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster, p.341

Transport

Letterbreen is a request stop on the Bus Éireann Sligo-Manorhamilton-Enniskillen Expressway route 66.{{cite web|url=http://buseireann.ie/pdf/1360753125-066.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928123536/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1360753125-066.pdf |archivedate=2014-09-28 }} The coach stops at Sligo bus station which is beside Sligo railway station. Connecting trains from Sligo run to Dublin Connolly [http://www.irishrail.ie/ Irish Rail - Official site]

2011 Census

The 2011 census combined the villages of Boho, Cleenish and Letterbeen into the same ward.{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Boho Cleenish And Letterbreen Ward |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Boho%20Cleenish%20And%20Letterbreen@Partial%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Partial%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Boho%20Cleenish%20And%20Letterbreen@4? |website=NINIS |accessdate=21 December 2019}} 30px This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.

On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Boho Cleenish And Letterbreen Ward was 3,185 accounting for 0.18% of the NI total.

99.40% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
55.23% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 41.22% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
38.15% indicated that they had a British national identity, 36.73% had an Irish national identity and 31.15% had a Northern Irish national identity*.
Respondents could indicate more than one national identity

On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Boho Cleenish And Letterbreen Ward, considering the population aged 3 years old and over:

11.88% had some knowledge of Irish;
4.13% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
0.85% did not have English as their first language.

References

Category:Villages in County Fermanagh

Category:Townlands of County Fermanagh

Category:Hamlets in Northern Ireland