Leacain/Lackan

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Hierarchy

civil parish

Leacain

genitive: Leacan

non-validated name

(Irish)

Lackan

(English)

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Glossary

leaca, leacain, leacan

English hillside

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Tír Amhlaidh/Tirawley

Centrepoint

54.2606, -9.28958latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1198	Lecu	Pont. Hib. Leathanach: I, 104 Pontificia Hibernica: Medieval Papal Chancery Documents concerning Ireland. 640-1261. I.II. (ed. Sheehy. 1962. 1965) Bliain: 640-1261
1307c	Lecor	Pap. Tax. Leathanach: 217 [Papal Taxation], 'Ecclesiastical Taxation of Ireland', CDI V (1886, Londain), 202-323 Bliain: 1302-6
1411	Leacum, [de]	CPL Leathanach: vi 261 Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1431c	Leaccam, [Thomas Laigleys perpertual vicar of]	CPL Leathanach: viii 353 Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1441	Lachayn, ... ecclesie de	Ann. Tuam. Leathanach: 75 §137 Obligationes pro Annatis Provinciae Tuamensis Archivium Hibernicum 26 pp.56-117 Bliain: 1413-1548
1535	Leacain, de	Ann. Tuam. Leathanach: 117 §348 Obligationes pro Annatis Provinciae Tuamensis Archivium Hibernicum 26 pp.56-117 Bliain: 1413-1548
1584	Lacken	Browne’s Map Leathanach: 2 A Plat[e] of the County Mayo by Jean Baptiste..., 1590, from a design by John Browne Nóta: LN 16 B 15(1)
1585	lackane, Shearon mc Gibbon of	CBC Leathanach: 99 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	lacken, Sherowne mc Gibbon of	CBC Leathanach: 93 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	Lacca	Walsingham Letter Bk. Leathanach: 71 The Walsingham Letter-Book, or, Register of Ireland, May 1578 to December 1579 Bliain foilsithe: 1959, Údar: J. Hogan, N. McNeill O’ Farrell, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1585c	Lekan	First Fruits Leathanach: 344 First Fruits Visitation in King's Book of 1616 Bliain: 1616
1615	[Lacken… Sir T. Dillon]	RVis. (Knox) Regal Visitation (Knox).
1633	[Lackan]	Barrett’s Visitation (Knox) "The Visitation of 1633 [of named prebends in the diocese of Killala]" in Knox "Notes on the Early History of the Dioceses of Tuam..." lch 330.
1650c	Duthaidh an Chaéille, dno, Baile na Leacan o Fhearsaid go Traigh Murbhaigh	LGen. Leathanach: i 618 §274.2 Leabhar Mór na nGenealach: The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, compiled by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, 1- 5 Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1650c, Údar: Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Bliain foilsithe: 2003
1657c	Leckan	DS Leathanach: 207, 225 Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1661	Lackan Parsih	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 195 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1685	Leckan	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1700c	Lackan	Conn. Map Leathanach: 2 Connaught Map (NLI)
1710c	Leckan Parish	CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 27a Crown Rental of Lands.
1720c	Lackan	Lea & Moll A New Map of Ireland, according to Sr. Wm. Petty but supplied by many additions..., by Philip Lea and Henry Moll (gan dáta, c. 1720); NLI 16 L 15(6).
1787	Lackan Parish	QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.69, 29 Quit Rent Ledgers
1792	Lackan	Beaufort Map Beaufort, Map of Ireland, 1792 Bliain foilsithe: 1792, Bliain foilsithe: 1792, Údar: Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort
1825	Castle Lackan	Nimmo Moy Survey:AL Nimmo Moy Survey:AL
1833	Lackan	TAB Leathanach: 6 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1838	Lackan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Lacken	Knox, C.:AL Knox, C.:AL
1838	Lackan	OC:AL Leagan Gaeilge nó Béarla a scríobh Tomás Ó Conchúir in AL/Irish or English form written by Thomas O'Conor in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Leacain “hill-side”	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Lackin	Par. Cess. Bk.:AL Parish Cess Book, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.

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