Newtownbutler
Sign in to saveNewtownbutler (also sometimes written as Newtown Butler or Newtown-Butler) is a village in the south-east of County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It is in the south-east corner of the county, being near Upper Lough Erne, the border with both County Monaghan and County Cavan, and the town of Clones. It is surrounded by small lakes and bogland. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 972 people. The village is the largest settlement within the Barony of Coole.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newtownbutler
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 943
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Newtownbutler
- UK place.local_name
- An Baile Nua / Achadh Gé
- UK place.static_image
- Bridge Street, Newtownbutler - geograph.org.uk - 3139441.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bridge Street
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 972
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Fermanagh
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.hide_services
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Fermanagh
- Population
- 989
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Dialing code
- 028
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- Commons category
- Newtownbutler
- historic county
- County Fermanagh
- P8168
- Yozgat
- native label
- An Baile Nua
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- The Troubles
- Amenities
- Notable people
- Transport
- Demographics
- 2021 census
- 2011 census
- Sport
- Groups
- Marching bands
- Orange lodges
- See also
- References
- External links
Newtownbutler (also sometimes written as Newtown Butler or Newtown-Butler) is a village in the south-east of County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It is in the south-east corner of the county, being near Upper Lough Erne, the border with both County Monaghan and County Cavan, and the town of Clones. It is surrounded by small lakes and bogland. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 972 people. The village is the largest settlement within the Barony of Coole.
== History == Newtownbutler began to be built as a Plantation village in the early 18th century. It was built within the townland of Aghagay (Irish: Achadh Gé).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newtownbutler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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