Abbeylara

Abbeylara
Mainistir Leathrátha
Village
Abbeylara Abbey
Abbeylara Abbey
Abbeylara is located in Ireland
Abbeylara
Abbeylara
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°45′53″N 7°26′46″W / 53.764611°N 7.446194°W / 53.764611; -7.446194
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Longford
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceN363797

Abbeylara (Irish: Mainistir Leathrátha, meaning 'abbey of the half rath or little rath')[1][2] 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.[1]

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, the local Gaelic football club, was first formed under the Abbeylara name in the 1920s.[3]

The village is close to Lough Kinale and Lough Derragh, which have supplies of trout, tench, bream and pike.[2] As a result, the area attracts anglers and local angling clubs hold regular competitions.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mainistir Leathrátha/Abbeylara". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Abbeylara". longford.ie. Longford County Council. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Longford Club Names". longfordgaelicstats.ie. Retrieved 5 August 2026. The first time we find Abbeylara club affiliated exclusively as 'Abbeylara' is in 1928 [..] Abbeylara returned in 1940 in the years after the Ballywillan St. Bernards club had folded
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