placenamesLacken
An Leacain
Lacken is a population centre in Kilkenny. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationLacken52.66239° N · 7.33484° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
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 Leacain · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lacken · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Crannagh
- Civil parish
- Saint Canice
- Within
- Saint Canice
- Within
- Lacken
- Coordinates
- 52.66239, -7.33484 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412358 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lacken. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-11-24. How this page was prepared.