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Comté de Sligo

Localité

Lackan

Leacán Mhic Fhirbhisigh

241

Registres de recensement

50

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
125
Foyers
25
1911 Recensement
Personnes
116 -7.2%
Foyers
25 0%

À propos

Lackan is a small townland situated in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland, located within the broader landscape of this rural region known for its dramatic topography and historical significance. The area is characterized by rolling countryside typical of County Sligo, with the broader region marked by mountains, bog lands, and river systems that have shaped both the landscape and settlement patterns for centuries. Like many townlands in Ireland, Lackan represents a traditional unit of land division that reflects centuries of agricultural organization and community organization across the Irish countryside.

The history of Lackan, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the patterns of land ownership, clan territories, and settlement that developed over medieval and early modern periods. County Sligo itself has a rich historical background associated with the O'Donnell and O'Connor clans, and the broader region has seen various transitions in land use and ownership through different periods of Irish history. Townlands like Lackan formed the basic building blocks of rural Irish society, serving as the fundamental units around which communities organized their agricultural activities and social structures.

As a rural townland in contemporary County Sligo, Lackan remains part of the agricultural and cultural fabric of the region, though like many such areas it reflects the broader changes affecting rural Ireland. The local community's connection to the land and to traditional ways of life continues to be significant, even as modernization and demographic shifts have transformed rural areas. Townlands such as Lackan maintain their importance as geographic and administrative reference points, and they continue to hold cultural and historical meaning for local residents and families with ancestral connections to the area.

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Paroisse

Kilglass

Comté

Sligo

Nom irlandais

Leacán Mhic Fhirbhisigh

Baronnie

Tireragh

Emplacement de la localité

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Détails

Anglais
Lackan
Irlandais
Leacán Mhic Fhirbhisigh
Paroisse
Kilglass
Baronnie
Tireragh
Comté
Sligo