placenamesLackan
Leacain
A nineteenth-century account records annual support for one of the parish’s schools.
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
- Leacain · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Lackan · English · main form
Place & story
An annual educational gift
Samuel Lewis recorded a public school in Lackan with about sixty children in 1837. Mrs. R. Palmer endowed it with £20 a year. He separately listed a private school attended by about eighty children; that figure was not the roll of the endowed school. Lewis supplies no given name for Mrs. Palmer or foundation date for either institution. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lackan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lackan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.