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Lecarrow
Sign in to saveLecarrow () 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. Many of its residents commute to Athlone and Roscommon. It is the closest population centre to the Geographical centre of Ireland.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lecarrow
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lecarrow107.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Roscommon
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2002
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- WET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Roscommon
- Elevation
- 74
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Lecarrow107.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- M967555
- Commons category
- Lecarrow
- historic county
- County Roscommon
- native label
- An Leithcheathrú
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Lecarrow () 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. Many of its residents commute to Athlone and Roscommon. It is the closest population centre to the Geographical centre of Ireland.
==See also== List of towns and villages in Ireland
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