BROWSE
townland
Lacún
genitive: Lacún
(Irish)
Lacoon
(English)

Centrepoint

54.2983, -8.01691latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌlɑˑkuːn
Áit.
lɑˈxuːn
Áit.
ˈlɑˌkuːn
Áit.
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Lacún = A hollow place According to O’Donovan, this is the local rendering of the name. Probably the word is a local form of lagán or logán, a little hollow. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Sweathouse (site). On the SE side of a small SW-NE stream on a NE-facing slope (224). Sweathouse (site). On the E bank and in the valley of a N-S stream (224). "
Nóta
1622
Lackoone
CPR Leathanach: 539a
1661
Lackeone
Inq. Leathanach: 184
1729
Lacoone
CGn. Leathanach: 72.12.49464
1817
Lacoon
Larkin
1835
Lacoon
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 62, 63 (60:16/5)
1836
Lacoon
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Lacoon
BS:AL
1836
Lacoon
Larkin (Li)
1836
Líocán
, 'this place is supposed to have taken it's name from an Irish writer named Leacan'
Orme, M.:AL
1836
Lacoon
Cullen, D.:AL
1836
Lackoon
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Lacoon
James:AL
1836
Lacoon
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Lacún
broad" [ós cionn an 'ú']
pl:AL
1836
Lacún
'a hallow (local)'
OD:AL
1852
Lacoon
(McGourty;McLoughlin/Tottenham)
Leitrim Vot. 1852 Leathanach: 465

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