BROWSE

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

townland, mountain or mountain range

townland, mountain or mountain range
Laíán
genitive: Laíáin
(Irish)
Leean
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    Ní léir brí; ón bhfocal laíon, 'pith' > 'central part', b'fhéidir?

  • English

    Meaning unclear; perhaps from the word laíon, 'pith' > 'central part'?.

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54.2971, -8.29995latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˈliː.ɑːn
(dhá shiolla)
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Luighean = A centre, a central townland. Luighean, laoidhean, pith or marrow, centre or nave (Dinneen). "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Long cairn. In rough pasture on a shelf of a S-facing slope (9). Megalithic tomb. Towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of Leean Mountain (9). Cairn. At the summit of Leean Mountain (17). Field wall. On the N-facing slope of Leean Mountain (32). Hut sites. On a shelf at the bottom of a SE-facing slope overlooking the headwaters of a NE-SW stream (30). House (site) In a fold towards the top of the SW-facing slope of Leean Mountain (230). House sites. On a S-facing slope of Leean Mountaing with a cliff rising over them (230). Watermill (site). On a N-S stream in a mountain vally (230). "
Nóta
1660c
Lyane
BSD Leathanach: 72
1817
Leaune
Larkin
1834
Leeane
TAB Leathanach: 59 (60:16/3)
1836
Leanne
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Liane
BS:AL
1836
Leaune
Larkin (Li)
1836
Leeane
Cullen, D.:AL
1836
Leeawn
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Lao(aoi)gha//n, luighean:
pl:AL
1836
Luidheăn:
'a centre, a cenral townland'
OD:AL
1836
Leea:n
OD:AL

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