Human settlement in Northern Ireland
Letterbreen (from Irish Leitir Bhruín, meaning 'Bruín's hillside')[1][2] 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,[3] 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.[4]
Transport
Letterbreen is a request stop on the Bus Éireann Sligo-Manorhamilton-Enniskillen Expressway route 66.[5] The coach stops at Sligo bus station which is beside Sligo railway station. Connecting trains from Sligo run to Dublin Connolly Irish Rail - Official site
2011 Census
The 2011 census combined the villages of Boho, Cleenish and Letterbeen into the same ward.[6]
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.
