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Townland

Legan

An Liagán

The Ordnance Survey name book records the townland’s cultivated landscape in the nineteenth century.

Watercolour and fine ink farmyard view with two plain agricultural sheds, metal cattle-pen gates and a worn concrete yard beneath grey clouds.
Illustration, a farmyard near Legan, County Longford, as photographed in July 2012
Recorded locationLegan53.62197° N · 7.64422° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

liastone, pillar-stone

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 Liagán · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Legan · English · main form

Place & story

A surveyor’s account

The name-book entry for Legan places the townland northwest of the road between Abbeyshrule and Legan village. It describes the land as cultivated and records three ancient forts and a limestone quarry. The Countess Dowager of Rosse was named as proprietor. These are observations preserved in the early survey record, rather than a claim that all three earthworks or the quarry remain visible today. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Longford
Barony
Shrule
Civil parish
Kilglass
Coordinates
53.62197, -7.64422
Mapped area
1.13 km²
Logainm ID
32513 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Legan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Legan, Kilglass: Ordnance Survey Field Name Books, Longford Library transcription · Ordnance Survey; transcription published by Longford County Library
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. A farmyard near Legan, County Longford illustration: based on a Farm building near Legan by Richard Webb. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.