BROWSE
townland
Leacach Mór
genitive: Leacach Mór
(Irish)
Lackamore
(English)

Glossary

English great, big

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    big place of flagstones

    Is ann don fhocal leaca “hillside” i logainmneacha, m.sh. bf An Leacain (#28549) (foirm chalctha den logthuiseal) i bpar. Ros Fhionnghlaise. Ach tá na samplaí luatha chomh láidir sin ar son -ach na Gaeilge (go háirithe 1607/8 ‘Lackaghemore’ agus litriú Gaeilge 1608/9 ‘Lacagh mor’ [sic! -gh]) gur féidir talamh slán a dhéanamh de gur leacach atá anseo. Is cosúil mar sin go dtagraíonn an logainm do cháilíocht na talún seachas don bhaile fearainn a bheith suite ar leirg cnoic. Cf. paistí ‘Lithosols’ anseo (www.epa.ie) agus ainm Béarla an bhaile fearainn bf Leamhach/Quarrymount (#28352) laistiar.

    Ainmneacha stairiúla:
    Bhí dhá áit darbh ainm Leacach Beag “small place of flagstones” sa bharúntacht. Bhí ceann díobh, 1607 ‘Laackagh begge’, et var., gairid don bhaile fearainn seo idir chamáin. Bhí ceann eile, 1593 ‘Lackaghbegg’, ‘Kappaghbegge’ [sic], 1608 ‘Lackaghbegg’, 1612 ‘Laccagbegg’, suite 1593 ‘in the quarter of Lackaghe’ < Leacach — seo ainm eile ar an gceathrú talún timpeall ar bf Ceapach Bhrógáin (#28392) i bpar. Chill Bhanbháin thiar.

    Tabhair faoi deara gur imigh -agh (iarsma de -ach seo na Gaeilge) i léig sna foirmeacha béarlaithe de bf Leacach (#28521) in Uí Fhairchealláin i rith an 17ú haois freisin.

Centrepoint

53.1914, -7.40822latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1593
Laccagbeg
Teig O Duin > Cahir mcFir O Molloy
O Doyne Ms.
1607
Lackaghmore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 3
1607–8
Lackaghemore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 38
1607–8
the Lauaghmore
recte Laccaghmore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 41
1608–9
Lakamore alias Lackaghemore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 75
1608/9?
Lacagh mor, 30 acra
margin
O Doyne Ms.
1609
Lackamore or Lackaghmore
CPR Leathanach: 123
1616/7
Leacamore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 168
1618
Lackamore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 173
1622
Lackamore
CPR Leathanach: 560
1627/8
Lackamore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 176
1638
Lackamore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 179
1638
Lackamore
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 180
1642
Lackamore
Phelim Dune
Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 180r (UF)
1642
Laccomoore
Phelem Doyne
Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 268v
1660c
Laghcaghmore
BSD (La) Leathanach: 125
1662
Lackamore
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 2 C II
1682
Lackaghmore
Dunne Papers Leathanach: 136
1819
Laceamore
"Great ploughland."
Par. Stat. Leathanach: 331
1833
Lackamore
TAB
1838
Lacken
BS:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
1838
Lackamore
CM:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
1838
Laceamore
HCons PR:AL  Leathanach: LA013,14
1838
Lackamore
Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
1838
Leaca mór, 'great hillside'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
1838
Lackamore
OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
2005
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