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Largydonnell

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Country
  
Ireland

Time zone
  
WET (UTC+0)

Elevation
  
99 m

County
  
County Leitrim

Irish Grid Reference
  
G793514

Province
  
Connacht

Largydonnell

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 79% Humidity

Largydonnell (Irish: Learga Uí Dhónaill, meaning "hillside of Ó Dónaill") is a village on the R280 regional road in County Leitrim, Ireland.

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Transport

Bus Éireann Fridays-only route 495 (Ballyshannon-Bundoran-Kinlough-Manorhamilton) serves the village twice in each direction.

History

Nearby to Largydonnell Post Office at the hump-backed bridge, on a road to the right in Ahanlish are the ruins of an old forge where De Cuellar, where a survivor of the wreck of the Spanish Armada at Tullaghan spent some time before proceeding to MacClancy's Castle at Rosclogher in Lough Melvin where he remained for three months.

Population

The population of Largydonnell village was 53 residents at 2002; by 2011, the population increased marginally to 74 residents.

References

Largydonnell Wikipedia