placenamesLatnamard
Leacht na mBard
Latnamard’s national school links successive school buildings with a wider history of community activity and girls’ football.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Leacht na mBard · Irish · main form · validated name
- Latnamard · English · main form
Place & story
Two generations of school buildings
Latnamard National School’s present building opened in 1985, replacing a school opened in 1928. Its own account describes substantial parish support for premises intended for community use as well as teaching. The older school was later renovated as a resource centre and preschool. A classroom extension to the newer building followed in 2013. [2]
Schoolgirls on a larger sporting stage
The Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s history records Anna Carolan entering Latnamard pupils in the girls’ INTO/GAA skills awards in 1988. The school won Ulster titles between 1988 and 1990, and six pupils played at Croke Park on All-Ireland semifinal and final days. In 1990 Latnamard also won the new eleven-a-side primary-school championship. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Latnamard. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Latnamard National School: school history · Latnamard National School
- Monaghan ladies football history: Latnamard school · Ladies Gaelic Football Association
- The former national school at Latnamard, as photographed in 2012 illustration: based on a Aghabog Early Years Play School by Kenneth Allen. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-05. How this page was prepared.