From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Abbeylara

Village in County Longford, Ireland

Summary

Village in County Longford, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Abbeylara
native_name	Mainistir Leathrátha
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	AbbeylaraAbbey.JPG
image_caption	Abbeylara Abbey
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Longford
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
elevation_m	82
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Abbeylara () is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is at the eastern end of the county, three kilometres east of Granard, on the R396 road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Name and history

Abbeylara's name is derived from a monastery, the great Abbey of Lerha, founded in 1205 by Hiberno-Norman magnate, Risteárd de Tiúit, for Cistercian monks. The monastery was dissolved in 1539, although its ruins are still apparent on approach to the village.

An ancient earthwork, the Duncla (Irish Dún-chlaí meaning "fortified ditch") or Black Pig's Dyke, which runs south-eastwards from Lough Gowna to Lough Kinale, goes through the larger parish of Abbeylara, and passes about one kilometre north of the village.

On 20 April 2000, the Gardaí (police) shot dead local man John Carthy in a siege at his home.

Sport

Abbeylara GFC are the local Gaelic football club.

Because of its proximity to Lough Kinale and Lough Derragh, which has supplies of trout, tench, bream and pike, Abbeylara attracts anglers and local angling clubs hold regular competitions.

References

"Mainistir Leathrátha/Abbeylara".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

towns-and-villages-in-county-longford townlands-of-county-longford civil-parishes-of-county-longford

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Abbeylara — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report