Tamlaght, County Fermanagh

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

Tamlaght

Location within Northern Ireland

County Fermanagh

CountryNorthern IrelandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPolice Northern Ireland Fire Northern Ireland Ambulance Northern Ireland

List of places: UK; Northern Ireland; Fermanagh

54°19′02″N 7°34′48″W / 54.3173°N 7.5801°W / 54.3173; -7.5801

Tamlaght (from Irish Tamhlacht, meaning 'burial pit, consisting of "támh", meaning plague, and "leacht", meaning grave or memorial stone') is a townland (of 185 acres) and village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 4.5 km south-east of Enniskillen.^[1] It is situated in the civil parish of Derryvullan and the historic barony of Tirkennedy.^[2] In the 2011 Census it had a population of 409 people.^{[citation needed]}

People

Roy Carroll (born September 30, 1977 in Enniskillen) is a Northern Irish footballer and plays as a goalkeeper was brought up in Tamlaght.

Lord Anthony Hamilton, son of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, and Lady (Katie) Hamilton live at Killyreagh House, on Ballylucas Road.^[3]

References

^ "Tamlaght". Place Names NI. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ "Tamlaght". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ "Lord and Lady Anthony Hamilton, Tamlaght, Enniskillen". Gardens of Ireland.