Blacklion
Sign in to saveBlacklion (; originally An Leargaidh) is a village in the north-west of County Cavan in Ireland. It is situated on the N16 national primary road, just across the border from Belcoo, a village in the south-west of County Fermanagh.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in IE, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 395 inbound references to Blacklion, and connects out to Ireland–United Kingdom border, Cuilcagh and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border crossings, Towns and villages in County Cavan and Untranslated Irish place names.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 2265h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Belcoo
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 194
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Blacklion
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- gle
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Blacklion - geograph.org.uk - 492574.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Small village street lined with houses, pubs and parked cars.
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main Street, Blacklion, in July 2007
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ulster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Cavan
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Barony
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tullyhaw
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Cavan
- Population
- 194
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Main Street, Blacklion - geograph.org.uk - 1410444.jpg
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- Commons category
- Blacklion
- Irish Grid Reference
- H081380
- historic county
- County Cavan
- native label
- An Blaic
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- 1625 Rising in Blacklion
- The Black Lion Inn
- Geography
- Transport
- Rail transport
- Coach/bus transport
- Local attractions
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Blacklion (; originally An Leargaidh) is a village in the north-west of County Cavan in Ireland. It is situated on the N16 national primary road, just across the border from Belcoo, a village in the south-west of County Fermanagh.
== History == The village is within the townland of Tuam (). A stone cairn, a burial cist and two stone are all within the townland, giving evidence of early habitation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blacklion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations