Legan () is a village in

County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,6 ...

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. As of the 2016 census, the village population was 215.

Name

The village of Legan, situated in the

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

of Smithfield, is also known as Lenamore () after the local watercourse the Lenamore Stream. Legan comes from 'Legan Bridge', a bridge which crosses the stream and which takes its name from the adjoining townland of Legan on the other side of the stream. The bridge spans the stream at the entrance to the village and has been a local feature since about 1775. The names therefore come from the proximity of the village to the bridge and the stream. The actual townland of Legan had an ancient enclosure called 'Legan Rock' which gives rise to the meaning of the name.

Transport

Legan is approximately 3 km from the N55 and 10 km from the N4 roads. It is approximately 11 km from

Edgeworthstown railway station Edgeworthstown railway station serves the town of Edgeworthstown (Mostrim) in County Longford, Ireland. Edgeworthstown station is served by national rail company Iarnród Éireann's Dublin to Sligo InterCity service and Dublin to Longford W ...

Tidy towns

Legan received a total of 271 marks in category A of the Tidy Towns Competition 2016, placing it fourth of 13 villages in that category in

Sport

The local GAA club is Legan Sarsfields, which was fielding teams in the Longford Intermediate Football Championship as of 2017.

References

{{County Longford Towns and villages in County Longford