Leacach/Lackagh

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Leacach

genitive: Leacaigh

(Irish)

Lackagh

(English)

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Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Droim Dhá Thiar/Drumahaire

civil parish

Cill Fhearga/Killarga

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54.2375, -8.12622latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Leacach = A place of stones or flagstones. Leacach, from leac, a stone, and the cumulative suffix ‘ach’ – abounding in stones. Compare Lackagh, a townland near Loughres Bay, CO. Donegal, written by the Four Masters leacach (AD 1530). …it is said to be a remarkable place for flags. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1835	Lackagh	TAB Leathanach: 38, 62 (60:16/7) 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.
1836	Lackagh	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Lackagh	Cullen, D.:AL Cullen, D.:AL
1836	Leacach	Orme, M.:AL Orme, M.:AL
1836	Leacach	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Leacach, '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
1836	Lackagh	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
1836	[Lackagh] "It is a remarkable place for flags, the word 'leac' being a flag, or flat stone."	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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