placenamesScreggan
An Screagán
A name associated with stony ground sits alongside Screggan’s recent role as a major agricultural gathering place.
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 Screagán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Screggan · English · main form
Place & story
A name describing the land
Placenames researchers Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill explain An Screagán as an area of rough or stony ground. They caution that the name need not originally have covered the whole modern townland: surface bedrock just across the eastern boundary in Mucklagh may have been its original reference. [2]
The Ploughing returns
Screggan hosted the National Ploughing Championships on Joe Grogan’s farm in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In December 2024, the National Ploughing Association announced a return for September 2025, with Lisa Flaherty Grogan hosting and neighbouring farmers supplying additional ground for competitions and parking. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Ballycowan
- Civil parish
- Lynally
- Coordinates
- 53.24760, -7.56552 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414395 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Screggan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ploughing between a hard place and a rock, 1 September 2025 · Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, Placenames Database of Ireland
- Ploughing Championships 2025 Venue Confirmed, 18 December 2024 · National Ploughing Association
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2014-10-31. How this page was prepared.