placenamesLackaroe
An Leaca Rua
A late nineteenth-century rectory gives this small Waterford locality a distinctive architectural landmark.
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 Leaca Rua · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lackaroe · English · main form
Place & story
A house for the parish
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the former rectory in Lackaroe to about 1895. Its original purpose connects the house with Templemichael’s Church of Ireland parish; the inventory recorded it as a private residence when surveying County Waterford in 2003. [2]
Projecting bays and gables
The two-storey house has a central gabled entrance porch, with projecting and recessed sections giving the frontage an uneven outline. Slate roofs, decorated timber bargeboards and paired window openings are characteristic details. The survey noted that most windows had been replaced around 1995, although one paired opening retained timber sashes. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Coshmore and Coshbride
- Civil parish
- Templemichael
- Coordinates
- 51.99012, -7.88353 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414609 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lackaroe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage: The Rectory, Lackaroe, 22903720 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, County Waterford survey, 2003
- The River Blackwater near Lackaroe, as photographed in 2026 illustration: based on a River Blackwater by Gordon Hatton. 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 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.