Lackagh

The parish of Lackagh is located in County Galway, Ireland, approximately halfway between Galway city and Tuam (east of a line between these two towns). It is bounded by the parishes of Athenry, Abbeyknockmoy, Corofin, Annaghdown and Claregalway. The River Clare runs through the centre of the parish.

Lackagh church

It was once part of the kingdom of the Soghain of Connacht.

Cregmore and Turloughmore lie within the parish.

See also

• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland
• Battle of Knockdoe (1504)
• River Clare

References

• Early Ecclesiastical Settlement Names of County Galway, Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig, in Galway:History and Society, 1996, pp. 810. ISBN 0 906602 75 0
• In Their Own Words: The Parish of Lackagh-Turloughmore and its People, ed. Liz Blackmore, John Cronin, Donal Ferrie and Brid Higgins, Galway, 2001. ISBN 0-9539834-0-4.
• The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist, Joseph Mannion, 2004. ISBN 978-0-9547698-1-9