Lettermacaward
Gaeltacht village in County Donegal, Ireland
title: "Lettermacaward" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gaeltacht-places-in-county-donegal", "gaeltacht-towns-and-villages", "the-rosses", "towns-and-villages-in-county-donegal"] description: "Gaeltacht village in County Donegal, Ireland" topic_path: "general/gaeltacht-places-in-county-donegal" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettermacaward" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Gaeltacht village in County Donegal, Ireland ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Leitir Mhic an Bhaird |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | leitirmhicabhaird.JPG |
| pushpin_map | Ireland |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Ireland |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ireland |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ulster |
| subdivision_type3 | County |
| subdivision_name3 | County Donegal |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 78 |
| blank_name | Irish Grid Reference |
| blank_info | |
| footnotes | Leitir Mhic an Bhaird is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Lettermacaward has no official status. |
| :: |
|official_name = Leitir Mhic an Bhaird |other_name = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = leitirmhicabhaird.JPG |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Ulster |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = County Donegal |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 78 |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = Leitir Mhic an Bhaird is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Lettermacaward has no official status. Leitir Mhic an Bhaird or Leitir Mhic a' Bhaird (anglicised as Lettermacaward) is a Gaeltacht village in the Rosses region of County Donegal, Ireland. The village, known colloquially as Leitir (pronounced letcher), is between the larger towns of Glenties and Dungloe. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Boylagh. The village has two shops, a family run service station and three 3 pubs.
Irish language
There are approximately 650 people living in the Leitir Mhic an Bhaird ED and 19% Irish speakers.
Sport
The local Gaelic games club is Na Rossa.
Civil parish of Lettermacaward
The civil parish contains the village of Lettermacaward.
Townlands
The civil parish contains the following townlands:
- Befflaght
- Bellanaboy (also known as Derrynacarrow East)
- Boyoughter
- Commeen
- Cor
- Derryleconnell Far
- Derryleconnell Near
- Derrynacarrow
- Derrynacarrow East (also known as Bellanaboy)
- Derrynagrial
- Derrynanaspol
- Dooey
- Farragans
- Galwolie
- Glebe
- Longfield
- Madavagh
- Meenacarn
- Meenagowan
- Ranny
- Stranasaggart
- Toome
References
References
- (December 2023)
- "Lettermacaward".
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