Lacken, County Wicklow
Lacken
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Lacken or Lackan (
Lacken in situated on the Blessington 'Lake Drive' and is sometimes noted for its view across the lake.[3] The area has been used as a location for a number of number of films, including Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), This Is My Father (1999) and P.S. I Love You (2007).[4]
As of the 2011 census of Ireland, the townland had a population of 200 people.[1]
History
Built heritage
Evidence of ancient settlement in the townland includes holy well, bullaun stone and ecclesiastical enclosure sites.[5][6] The local Catholic church, Our Lady Of Mount Carmel church, is in the parish of Valleymount and was built in 1811.[7]
A primary school was built in Lacken in 1869, and later converted to become a community centre.[4] A new primary school was built and opened in January 2011,[8] and (as of 2013) had an enrollment of 71 pupils.[9]
A post office was opened in Lacken on 4 September 1951 as a sub-office to Blessington,[10] but has since closed.
RAF crash
At approximately 04:34am on 18 April 1941, a Handley Page Hampden aircraft (Registration AD730)[11][12] got lost in bad weather and crashed on nearby Black Hill (Kilbeg)[13] killing its entire crew of four. All of the crew were under the age of 23.[14]
The plane was one of seven aircraft which had departed
See also
References
- ^ a b "CD174 - Wicklow Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
Lackan, Lackan, Co. Wicklow [..] Townlands [..] Population: 200
- ^ "An Leacain / Lackan". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Blessington Lakes". Visit Wicklow. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Lacken" (PDF). wicklowuplands.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
Lacken Community Centre [..] Originally a local primary school, this building was constructed in 1869
- ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1997.
WI010-010---- [..] holy well [..] Lackan / WI010-011004- [..] Bullaun stone [..] Lackan / WI010-011002- [..] Ecclesiastical enclosure [..] Lackan [..] Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope beside a stream. Part of the N graveyard wall (WI010-011003-) stands on an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 1m) outside which there is a fosse
- ^ "Welcome to Lacken - About". lackencommunity.com. Lacken Community. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
Lacken [..] is the 27th largest townland in Wicklow. The general area has obviously been inhabited for some thousands of years, as evidenced by the existence of pre-historic burial sites , Bullauns and many other archaeological discoveries
- ^ "Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Lacken". lackencommunity.com. Lacken Community. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Lacken National School - About Us". lackeens.com. 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Whole School Evaluation - Report - Lacken National School". gov.ie. Department of Education. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ Frank, Harald; Stange, Klaus (29 September 1990). Irische Postämter und ihre Stempeltypen / Irish Post Offices [Irish Post Offices and their postmarks]. Munich: Forchumgs- und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Irland e.V. p. 296. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Lennon, Mattie (30 March 2020). "Kylebeg and World War II". County Wicklow Heritage. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Hill, Colin. "What is Known about the Last Flight of AD730". Irish Aviation. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
