Lecarrow

Lecarrow An Leithcheathrú
Village
Lecarrow Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°33′N 8°03′W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Roscommon
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	M967555

Lecarrow (Irish: An Leithcheathrú)[1] 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.[2] Many of its residents commute to Athlone and Roscommon.^[citation needed] It is the closest population centre to the Geographical centre of Ireland.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "An Leithcheathrú/Lecarrow". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
2. Bridie Mulloy, 'The canal long ago and to-day', Farmers Journal, June 1969