placenamesLecarrow
An Leithcheathrú
Lecarrow’s harbour connects nineteenth-century transport of local materials with a modern angling project beside the canal.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Leithcheathrú · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lecarrow · English · main form
Place & story
A harbour for mill and quarry traffic
The architectural survey dates Lecarrow’s L-shaped harbour to about 1850. Limestone edging, iron mooring posts and steps down towards the water survive as features of its working design. The harbour’s position near the corn mill and stone quarries enabled raw materials and finished goods to travel by water, linking local production with the Shannon navigation. [2]
An angling facility in 2019
ESB opened an angling amenity beside Lecarrow Canal in June 2019, working with Waterways Ireland, Inland Fisheries Ireland and Lecarrow Tidy Towns Association. Work had begun in 2018 after agreement with an adjoining landowner. ESB’s account describes the canal as a 1.5-kilometre link between the Lecarrow River and Blackbrink Bay on Lough Ree, constructed in the 1840s. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Athlone South
- Civil parish
- Saint John's
- Coordinates
- 53.54491, -8.06035 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 134153 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lecarrow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Knockanyconor, Lecarrow harbour: NIAH 31820004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- ESB opens new angling amenity at Lecarrow, 26 June 2019 · ESB
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.