placenamesLackan
Leacain
Maps and valuation records trace a former residence in the Westmeath parish.
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
The house and its occupants
Lackan house in this Westmeath parish had two storeys and three bays, according to the University of Galway’s Landed Estates database. Late eighteenth-century Taylor and Skinner maps associate Delamar with Lacken, while the first Ordnance Survey map marks the house without naming it. Mrs Delamere occupied it in 1837. By Griffith’s Valuation, published in 1854, it was unoccupied and valued at seventeen pounds, with Patrick J Murphy recorded as immediate lessor. The database records that the house was subsequently demolished, without specifying when. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lackan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lackan, Landed Estates property5844 · University of Galway, Landed Estates database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.