The parish of Lackagh or Lacagh is located in

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, approximately halfway between Galway city and Tuam (east of a line between these two towns). It is bounded by the parishes of Athenry,

Abbeyknockmoy Abbeyknockmoy () is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland. It is known for the nearby ruins of the 12th century Cistercian abbey, established with the Kings of Connacht as its benefactors. The abbey was the burial site of King Catha ...

, Corofin, Annaghdown and

Claregalway Baile Chláir or Baile Chláir na Gaillimhe (anglicized Claregalway) is a Gaeltacht village about 10 km north of Galway city in County Galway, Ireland. Claregalway was founded on the banks of the River Clare, hence the derivation of its ...

. The

River Clare The River Clare ( ga, Abhainn an Chláir) is a river in counties Mayo and Galway in Ireland. The long river rises north of Ballyhaunis in Mayo and descends past Dunmore, where it flows west, then turns south past Milltown continuing down th ...

runs through the centre of the parish. It was once part of the kingdom of the Soghain of

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

. Cregmore and

Turloughmore Turloughmore ( ; ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (''Abhainn an Chláir''). Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road A nationa ...

lie within the parish.

References

* ''Early Ecclesiastical Settlement Names of County Galway'',

Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig, M.A., is the former Chief Placenames Officer in the Placenames Branch in the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (''An Roinn Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta'') in Ireland. He is a le ...

, in ''Galway:History and Society'', 1996, pp. 810. * ''In Their Own Words: The Parish of Lackagh-

and its People'', ed. Liz Blackmore, John Cronin, Donal Ferrie and Brid Higgins,

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

, 2001. . * ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist'', Joseph Mannion, 2004. Civil parishes of County Galway Towns and villages in County Galway Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names {{Galway-geo-stub

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