These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
An Léana Mór· Irish · main form · validated name
Lenamore· English · main form · local name
Legan· English · main form
Place & story
Saint Mary’s in Legan
Lenamore, also known as Legan, has an early nineteenth-century church at its heart. The architectural inventory dates Saint Mary's to about 1835. Its pointed windows provide restrained Gothic detail, while a later chancel appears to have turned an earlier T-shaped chapel into the present cruciform building. A decorative gallery enriches the interior. Limestone gate piers and ironwork added around 1900 mark another stage in the church's development.[2]
The Stoneman of nearby Foxhall
Northeast of the village, the ruined Foxhall church preserves a much earlier estate connection. Built around 1630 and remodelled in 1772, it retains a carved classical doorway and a1634 tomb commemorating Sir Nathaniel Fox. The armoured stone figure, locally called the Stoneman of Foxhall, survives in damaged form. Its elaborate columns, family arms and sculptural ornament contrast with the small church's simple plan.[3]
A school move remembered
In March 2026 Lenamore National School marked fifty years since its move from the old schoolhouse to its later site on 20 March 1976. The anniversary brought former pupils, staff and local residents together for a church service and school gathering. The dated report records a particular change in the village's educational history; the fiftieth anniversary concerned the move rather than the beginning of schooling in the locality.[4]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
View population figures
Legan — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Legan, Longford
Published census settlement populations
215people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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