Mackan

Mackan
Fermanagh
Road at Mackan
Location
Grid reference:	H237346
Location:	54°15’38"N, 7°38’16"W
Data
Local Government
Council:	Fermanagh and Omagh

Macken or Mackan is a hamlet and townland in Fermanagh, off the A509 main Enniskillen to Derrylin road. Once quite a sizeable village it has now dwindled to containing only a few scattered farmsteads.

The name of the hamlet is from Meacan, meaning 'root' or 'tuber' but which may be used figuratively to suggest a swelling hill.

History

Macken was the scene of a famous skirmish on the evening of 13 July 1829 between local Roman Catholics and Protestants during which four Protestants died. Nineteen Catholics were later charged for their part in the affair. One of them, Ignatius McManus, was hanged and most of the remainder were transported to Botany Bay in Australia.