Brookeborough is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with a population of between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 517 people living in Brookeborough. Of these: 25.5% were aged under 16 years 16.8% were aged 60 and over the average age was 34.7 years (NI average age 35.8 years) 50.3% of the population were male and 49.7% were female 50.2% were from a Catholic community background 48.1% were from a Protestant and other Christian 8.2% were born outside Northern Ireland For further details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service Sport In his youth Roy Carroll, the Northern Ireland international goalkeeper, played for the Brookeborough football team. The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is known as Brookeborough Heber MacMahon's Gaelic Football Club. It is named after Dr. Heber MacMahon (1600-1650), Bishop of Clogher, a Catholic prelate who was executed during the Irish Confederate Wars. The team has never won honours at Senior Championship level but has won a number of Junior, Under-age and Intermediate Level competitions. See also List of villages in Northern Ireland List of towns in Northern Ireland Market Houses in Northern Ireland References The Brookeborough Story - Aghalun in Aghavea Ed. Jack Johnston. Culture Northern Ireland Brookeborough Heber McMahon's GFC External links Brookeborough Railway Station Social & Economic Information Villages in County Fermanagh Civil parish of Aghavea Fermanagh and Omagh district