Legan
An Liagán
Lenamore (An Léana Mór)
Village
Legan's main street
Legan's main street
Legan is located in Ireland
Legan
Legan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°37′N 7°37′W / 53.617°N 7.617°W / 53.617; -7.617
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Longford
Population
 (2016)[1]
215

Legan (Irish: An Liagán, meaning "the standing stone")[2][3] is a village in County Longford, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village population was 215.[1]

Name

The village of Legan, situated in the townland of Smithfield, is also known as Lenamore (Irish: An Léana Mór, meaning "the great water-meadow")[4] after the local watercourse the Lenamore Stream. Legan comes from 'Legan Bridge', a bridge which crosses the stream and which takes its name from the adjoining townland of Legan on the other side of the stream. The bridge spans the stream at the entrance to the village and has been a local feature since about 1775.[5] The names therefore come from the proximity of the village to the bridge and the stream. The actual townland of Legan had an ancient enclosure called 'Legan Rock' which gives rise to the meaning of the name.[6]

Transport

Legan is approximately 3 km from the N55 and 10 km from the N4 roads. It is approximately 11 km from Edgeworthstown railway station.

Tidy towns

Legan received a total of 271 marks in category A of the Tidy Towns Competition 2016,[7] placing it fourth of 13 villages in that category in County Longford.[8]

Sport

The local GAA club is Legan Sarsfields, which was fielding teams in the Longford Intermediate Football Championship as of 2017.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Legan (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Towns and Villages - Legan". Longfordtourism.ie. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "An Liagán / Legan". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "An Léana Mór / Lenamore". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Legan Bridge, County Longford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Towns & Villages - Legan". longford.ie. Longford County Council. Retrieved 3 February 2020. Legan Rock [..] is the site of a mud-walled thatched church used in Penal Times [..] The present church was built in the village of Leanamore, it brought its Legan name, and now the village is generally known as Legan
  7. ^ "Tidy Towns Competition 2016 - Adjudication Report - Legan" (PDF). TidyTowns.ie. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Tidy Towns: Full list of winners in each county". Irish Times. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Successful Appeal: Legan Sarsfields and Young Grattans can continue to play in this year's Longford Intermediate Football Championship". Longford Leader. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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