Lack

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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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References

  1. Lack - Placenames NI