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'''Lack''' is a village in [[Fermanagh]].
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'''Lack''' is a small village and [[townland]] (of 224  acres) in [[Fermanagh]], three and a half miles east of [[Ederny]].<ref name=Pla>{{placenamesNI|7908|Lack}}</ref> It is within the Barony  of [[Lurg]].
  
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The village had a population of 111 people (in 50 households) at the 2011 Census
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The name 'Lack' is from the Gaelic ''An Leac'', meaning 'The flagstone'.
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==Places of interest==
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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.
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==References==
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*[http://www.airtricity.com/america/wind_farms/northern_ireland/operating/tappaghan/ Airtricity - Lack]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 16 December 2020

Lack
Fermanagh
Lack, County Fermanagh - geograph.org.uk - 120266.jpg
Location
Grid reference: H274665
Location: 54°32’47"N, 7°34’36"W
Data
Population: 111  (2011)
Post town: Enniskillen
Postcode: BT94
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Council: Fermanagh and Omagh
Parliamentary
constituency:
Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Lack is a small village and townland (of 224 acres) in Fermanagh, three and a half miles east of Ederny.[1] It is within the Barony of Lurg.

The village had a population of 111 people (in 50 households) at the 2011 Census

The name 'Lack' is from the Gaelic An Leac, meaning 'The flagstone'.

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.

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("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Lack)

References

  1. Lack - Placenames NI