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East Surrey FHS Virtual Fair is on Sat 25 Jan with morning and afternoon sessions (GMT). It is free with a good range of societies participating and we will be there in a GENUKI room. So if you want to see some of us or have any questions please go to the link, sign up for the zoom meeting and join us.
LACKAN
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Lackan contained the following places:"LACKAN, (or Lecken), a parish in the barony of Corkaree, county Westmeath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles W.N.W. of Multyfarnham. Mullingar is its post town. It is 3 miles long by 2 broad at the widest. The surface lies between loughs Derravaragh and Iron. The river Inny traces the N. boundary. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Meath, value with Leyny, £67. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Multyfarnham. Here is a hedge-school. Wilson's Hospital, for the education of 160 Protestant boys, is a handsome modern structure.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018