Brookeborough

Brookeborough
Irish: *Achadh Lon*
Brookeborough Irish: Achadh Lon;
	Lady Brooke Memorial Hall, Brookeborough
	Brookeborough Location within Northern Ireland
Population	517 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference	H380410
• Belfast	69 miles (111 km)
District	Fermanagh and Omagh;
County	County Fermanagh;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Enniskillen
Postcode district	BT94
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	Fermanagh and South Tyrone;
NI Assembly	Fermanagh and South Tyrone;

Brookeborough (/brʊkˈbʌrə/; Irish: Achadh Lon, meaning 'Field of the Blackbirds') is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, at the westerly foot of Slieve Beagh. It lies about eleven miles east of Enniskillen, just off the A4 trunk road, and about five miles west of the County Tyrone boundary. It is situated in the civil parish of Aghavea and the historic barony of Magherastephana. It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.

According to the 2001 Census, Brookeborough had a population of 517. The economy is heavily dependent on cattle and sheep farming. There are five places of Christian worship; a Catholic church, a Methodist church (built in 1839), an Elim Pentecostal church, a Church of Ireland church and a Baptist church; two public houses; and two primary (elementary) schools.

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