placenamesLargydonnell
Learga Uí Dhónaill
A parliamentary question in 1906 records local concern over flooded farmland and the difficulty of arranging river works.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Learga Uí Dhónaill · Irish · main form · validated name
- Largydonnell · English · main form
Place & story
Who would undertake the drainage?
On 14 December 1906, Mr Dolan asked the government to support drainage of the Largydonnell River in Rosclogher. He reported damage to neighbouring farmers’ crops from flooding and described the riverbed as choked with stones. Mr Bryce replied that the Congested Districts Board feared liability for damage farther downstream if it undertook the work itself. The board had instead offered a contribution if a local authority or another legally constituted body carried out the scheme. The exchange records both the farmers’ problem and the administrative obstacle to addressing it. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Rosclogher
- Civil parish
- Rossinver
- Coordinates
- 54.40711, -8.30803 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414015 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Largydonnell. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Largydonnell River Basin—Drainage Scheme, HC Deb 14 December 1906, vol 167, column 830 · UK Parliament, Hansard: question by Mr Dolan and answer by Mr Bryce
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.