Legglass, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Lag Glas’, meaning ''The Green Hollow'' is a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

in the

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Templeport Templeport () is a civil parish in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The chief towns in the parish are Bawnboy and Ballymagauran. The large Roman Catholic parish of Templeport containing 42,172 statute acres was split up in the ...

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...

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. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of

Glangevlin Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 road (Ireland), R200 and R207 road (Ireland), R207 regional roads ...

and barony of

Tullyhaw Tullyhaw (, which means 'the Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Located in the northwest of the county, it h ...

Geography

An log glas Legglass is bounded on the north by Legnagrow townland, on the west by Mully Upper townland and on the east by Eshveagh, Killykeeghan and Tromogagh townlands. Its chief geographical features are

Cuilcagh Cuilcagh () is a mountain on the border between County Fermanagh (in Northern Ireland) and County Cavan (in the Republic of Ireland). With a height of it is the highest point in both counties. It is also the 170th highest peak on the island of ...

Mountain, on whose western slope it lies, mountain streams, forestry plantations, mountain pools and a spring well. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 215 statute acres.

History

The Tithe Applotment Books for 1826 list five tithepayers in the townland. The Ordnance Survey Name Books for 1836 give the following description of the townland- ''The soil is light and gravelly''. The Legglass Valuation Office Field books are available for July 1839.

Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806–1807 valuing terrain through the examin ...

of 1857 lists twenty landholders in the townland. In the 19th century the landlords of Legglass were Leonard Dobbin and the Estate of Alexander Hassard, whose land in Legglass was sold in 1875 to James Bracken. The 1938 Dúchas Folklore collection contains a treasure story about Legglass.

Census

In the

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, there are five families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are six families listed in the townland.
'Census of Ireland 1911''

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