Legland
View of Legland and Knockmore, Boho, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Legland is located in Northern Ireland
Legland
Legland
Location within Northern Ireland
Irish grid referenceH077489
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly

Legland (from Irish Leith-ghlionn  'half glen'[1]) is a townland near Derrygonnelly, in the civil parish of Devenish, religious parish of Botha, barony of Magheraboy, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Legland has an area of 2,965,432 m² / 296.54 hectares / 2.9654 km², or 1.14 square miles, or 732.77 acres / 732 acres, 3 roods, 3 perches.[2]

Etymology

Legland derives from the Irish Leith-ghleann or Leith-ghlionn, meaning "side of the glen", "half valley" or "half glen". The first record of the townland's name is from the Ordnance Survey map of 1609, where it transcribed as Leglan. Other documented versions of the townlands name are Leglan (1615), Laglan (1630), Leaglan (1630), Leagland (1630), Leglan (1630), Lehglenud (1630), Leth-ghleann (1834), Legland hill (1834) and Leith-ghlionn (1869).[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Place Names NI". Northern Ireland Place-Name Project. Retrieved 22 January 2023. Search for Legland, County Fermanagh (id=7569)
  2. ↑ "Leithghleann (Irish)/Legland (English)". logainm.ie Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Legland". Irish Townlands. Retrieved 22 January 2023. We found 1 Electoral Division and 6 Townlands matching your search of "Legland".
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