placenamesLurgan
An Lorgain
Archaeological records and nineteenth-century returns offer glimpses of Lurgan in Kilcolagh parish, near Frenchpark.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Lorgain · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lurgan · English · main form
Place & story
Earthworks in the townland
The 1998 Record of Monuments and Places identifies earthworks in Lurgan, in the barony of Frenchpark. It also lists a possible enclosure as a separate entry. These recorded features belong to the fields around the locality. Their cautious classifications preserve the distinction between recognised earthworks and an enclosure whose identification remained uncertain; the entries do not establish construction dates. [2]
Names in the tithe books
The National Archives' index to the 1825 tithe applotment books places Lurgan in Kilcolagh parish. Its entries include the surname Beirn, with forenames reduced to initials, while other entries use Beirne and combine Lurgan with Drishahan. The differing spellings and grouped place descriptions are part of the surviving agricultural record, rather than evidence that every indexed entry represents a separate household. [3]
A population halved
The 1851 census records 148 people in Lurgan townland in 1841 and 74 a decade later. Inhabited houses fell from 27 to 14 over the same period. These figures describe the wider townland, not a separately enumerated village. They document a sharp contraction during the Famine decade, although the table does not separate deaths, departures or other causes of the change. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Frenchpark
- Civil parish
- Kilcolagh
- Within
- Kilcolagh
- Coordinates
- 53.88578, -8.38024 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414414 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lurgan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Record of Monuments and Places, County Roscommon 1998, sheet 015, entries RO015-014 and RO015-015 · National Monuments Service
- Tithe Applotment Books, Kilcolagh parish index, 1825 · National Archives of Ireland
- Census of Ireland 1851, Roscommon, Kilcolagh parish townlands · Census Commissioners; Central Statistics Office archive
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.