Where is Ballycassidy?

Ballycassidy is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4000°, -7.6500°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Ballycassidy

Ballycassidy in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Ballycassidy is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Ballycassidy (from Irish Baile Uí Chaiside, meaning 'O’Cassidy’s townland') is a small village and townland (of 83 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 6.5 km north of Enniskillen on the eastern shore of Lower Lough Erne. It is situated in the civil parish of Trory and the historic barony of Tirkennedy. In the 2001 Census it had (with Laragh and Trory) a population of 315 people. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district. Ballycassidy is a small rural community, consisting mainly of scattered homes, the Balcas Sawmill and rich farm land along the Ballycassidy River. There is no pub or grocery store, only a post office. The Ballycassidy River flows into Lower Lough Erne a short distance to the west.

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Background

History

In the 14th century, there was a church in Ballycassidy. A holy well in the area was associated with Saint Molaise who founded the monastery on nearby Devinish. ==Ballycassidy racehorse

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