Lecarrow
Lecarrow (Irish: An Leithcheathrú) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. Situated 17 kilometres north-west of the town of Athlone on the N61 route between Athlone and Roscommon town. A navigable canal, the Lecarrow Canal, built in 1840, connects it to Lough Ree, the second-largest lake on the River Shannon. Many of its residents commute to Athlone and Roscommon. It is the closest population centre to the Geographical centre of Ireland.
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References
- ^ "An Leithcheathrú/Lecarrow". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Bridie Mulloy, 'The canal long ago and to-day', Farmers Journal, June 1969
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