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Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« on: Friday 10 April 15 23:48 BST (UK) »
I am looking for HANLEY (HANLY) family in Co Meath.

Found a 1803 Census scrap for Kentstown with HANLEYs mentioned.  It is headed LEGMUCK.

What or where is this?  Is it a village or a farm name?

Would love to know.
Many thanks in anticipation.

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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 11 April 15 10:48 BST (UK) »
No sign of it today if it was http://www.logainm.ie/en/s?txt=in:1873&cat=BF
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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 11 April 15 20:58 BST (UK) »
Just a guess but looking at the 1803 census for Kentstown it appears to me that it was a local name that has now disappeared from use.

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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 12 April 15 07:48 BST (UK) »
Thank you ANNCLARE and HALLMARK for your comments. That's what I thought as it is quite a strange mouthful.

Appreciate your input.

PALMIRA
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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 12 April 15 09:48 BST (UK) »

There are many place names starting with "Leg" or ending with "muck" in Ireland.

Who knows for sure what this one is or what it means, but given that terrestrial features and animals crop up in a good many place names, I  wouldn't be surprised if it was something like "hollow of the pigs".

Just a bit of pure speculation.  :)

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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 16 April 15 10:48 BST (UK) »
Gaffy,

Thanks for your "speculative answer" to my question.

I appreciate your thinking out of the box as it were.

Here in our area in Australia we have many towns and villages with names that have aboriginal origins.  Without local knowledge, many of these would be impossible to pronounce and even harder to interpret.

I live in MURWILLUMBAH (Place of many possums), UKI, MULLUMBIMBY, TUMBULGUM ETC are nearby; so your thoughts on "hollow of the  pigs", sits comfortably with me.

Many thanks.

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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #7 on: Friday 17 April 15 04:15 BST (UK) »
The following link only covers NI, but if you search for "Leg" and specify "At the start of the name", a list of placenames will come back, if you click on individual placenames you will get historical information - you will see what I mean about "hollow":

http://www.placenamesni.org/search.php

You can do the same searching for "muck" at the end of the name.

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Re: Where or what is LEGMUCK?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 17 April 15 17:32 BST (UK) »
I had an aunt years back who lived  a few miles away  and I remember her saying the name, and mentioning near Balrath, approaching N2
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