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Largydonnell

Coordinates: 54°24′40″N 8°19′10″W / 54.4111°N 8.3194°W / 54.4111; -8.3194
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Largydonnell
Learga Uí Dhónaill
Village
The R280 passes through Largydonnell
The R280 passes through Largydonnell
Largydonnell is located in Ireland
Largydonnell
Largydonnell
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°24′40″N 8°19′10″W / 54.4111°N 8.3194°W / 54.4111; -8.3194
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Leitrim
Area
 • Total2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation
99 m (325 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceG793514

Largydonnell (Irish: Learga Uí Dhónaill, meaning 'hillside of Ó Dónaill')[2] is a village on the R280 regional road in the north of County Leitrim in Ireland.

Transport

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Bus Éireann Fridays-only route 495 (Ballyshannon-Bundoran-Kinlough-Manorhamilton) serves the village twice in each direction.[3]

History

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Nearby to Largydonnell Post Office at the hump-backed bridge, on a road to the right in Ahanlish, are the ruins of an old forge where De Cuellar, a survivor of the wreck of the Spanish Armada at Tullaghan, spent some time before proceeding to MacClancy's Castle, located on an islet in Lough Melvin in the townland of Rosclogher, where he remained for three months.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Largydonnell Map, Leitrim, Ireland".
  2. ^ "Learga Uí Dhónaill/Largydonnell". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)