Ballycassidy
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| Ballycassidy Baile Uí Chaiside |
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| Province: | Ulster | |
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| County: | County Fermanagh | |
| District: | Fermanagh | |
| UK Parliament: | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| Dialling code: | 028, +44 28 | |
| Population (2001) | 90 | |
| Website: www.fermanagh.gov.uk | ||
Ballycassidy (Baile Uí Chaiside in Irish) is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, just northwest of Enniskillen on the eastern shore of Lower Lough Erne. In the 2001 Census it had (with Laragh and Trory) a population of 315 people. It lies within the Fermanagh District Council area.
Ballycassidy is a townland, or 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.
There is also a race horse called Ballycassidy, named after the village, and trained in Wales by Peter Bowen. The horse is notorious for a spectacular fall at Valentines Brook in the 2006 Grand National at Aintree.
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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 Devenish Island
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