Everything about Ballinamallard totally explained
Ballinamallard (
Irish:
Béal Átha na Mallacht) is a small
village in
County Fermanagh,
Northern Ireland to the north of
Enniskillen. It had a population of 1,340 people in the
2001 Census. It lies within the
Fermanagh District Council area.
The village has won several "best kept village" titles, and has a fountain to mark the honour. There are three schools in Ballinamallard - two primary schools: Ballinamallard Controlled Primary School and Shanmullagh Primary School, and one secondary school: Duke of Westminster High School.
History
In the early
20th century, thousands of
Cooneyites or ’Dippers’, followers of
Edward Cooney, who baptised converts by immersing them totally in
Lough Erne or tributary rivers, flocked to religious Conventions at Crocknacrieve House near Ballinamallard.
Economy
Ballinamallard contains many family businesses run by families. In the
1970s the Development Association initiated some useful projects. The old
Great Northern Railway station was restored to become the Rascal’s Playstation, a purpose-built child care centre, while the Commons was transformed into a children’s playground and industrial units were established on the Enniskillen road.
Ballinamallard’s best known family are the Fishers, whose firm,
Fisher Engineering, has brought substantial employment to the village. The company, which specialises in agricultural engineering and building construction, was founded by the late Thomas Fisher when he returned from
World War II. Today Fishers are one of the foremost steel construction firms in the
British Isles servicing such projects as The
Waterfront Hall and the
Odyssey Arena in
Belfast.
Transport
Ballinamallard railway station opened on
19 August 1854, but was finally closed on
1 October 1957.
Sport
People
Writer Rudyard Kipling, former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin and noted painter, Sir Edward Burne-Jones all trace their heritage directly back to Ballinamallard man the Rev. James McDonald who himself was a pioneer Methodist minister and contemporary of John Wesley
On 21 January 2001, when returning from a family holiday, the helicopter which Bertie Fisher was piloting crashed killing him, his daughter Emma and his son Mark. His wife Gladys and son Roy survived.
2001 Census
Ballinamallard is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
(ie with a population between 1,000 people and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,340 people living in Ballinamallard. Of these:
24.9% were aged under 16 and 14.9% were aged 60 and over
49.3% of the population were male and 50.7% were female
3.4% were from a Catholic background and 95.6% were from a Protestant background
3.2% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information ServiceFurther Information
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