Largydonnell

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.

Largydonnell Learga Uí Dhónaill
Village
The R280 passes through Largydonnell
Largydonnell Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°24′40″N 8°19′10″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Leitrim
Area [1]
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation	99 m (325 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	G793514

Transport

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

History

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

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

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)