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rises in S. co. Monaghan, and flows E. through co.
Louth (after entering which it is called the Glyde) past
Castlebellingham to Dundalk Bay ; length 25 miles.

Lagavulin Distillery, Kildalton par., Islay island,
Argyllshire, 2J miles E. of Port Ellen.

Lagg, place with inn and ferry, on E. coast of Jura
island, Argyllshire;
P.O.

Lagg, Bay of, in N. of Eigg island, Argyllshire;
according to Hugh Miller, there is here an oolitic sand
of geological interest.

Laggan.—par. and hamlet, Badenoch dist., Inverness-
shire—par., 150,106 ac., pop. 917; hamlet, on river Spey,
11 miles SW. of Kingussie;
P.O.; Mrs Grant of Laggan
(1755-1836), authoress of several popular works on the
Highlands, lived in the manse here from 1779 to 1803;
the par. contains Lock Laggan, 7 miles long NE. and
SW.—2. Laggan, place with locks on the Caledonian
Canal, Kilmonivaig par., Inverness-shire, at NE. end of
Loch Lochy, 19 miles NE. of Banavie ; here, in 1544, a
battle was fought between the Frasers and the Mac-
donalds.—3. Laggan, river, bay, and promontory, on
E. side of Loch-in-Daal, Islay island, Argyllshire.

Lagganlia, place with school, Alvie par., Inverness-
shire, 3 miles SE. of Kincraig sta.

Laggantullock, headland (1400 ft.), on W. coast of
Kirkmaiden par., SAV. AVigtownshire.

Laggavoulin, Islay island. See Lagavulin.

Laghy, vil., Drum home par., in co. and 4 miles SE.
of Donegal, pop. 107;
P.O., called Lagliey.

Laguess, hamlet, Pagham par., Sussex, 4 miles S. of
Chichester.

Lagore, seat, 3 miles E. of Drumree ry. sta., co. Meath.

Lahan Island, Templecrone par., AV. co. Donegal,
33 ac., pop. 3.

Lahardane, 14 m. from Ballina, N. co. Mayo ; P.O.

Lahill House, seat, Newburn par., Fife, 1J mile E.
of Upper Largo.

Laklnch, NAV. co. Clare, on Liscanor Bay, 3 miles
SW. of Ennistimon;
P.O., T.o. See Lehinch.

Laid, on AV. side of Loch Erriboll, NAV. Sutherland,
in par. and 8 miles SE. of Durness;
P.O.

Lalde, place with school, Gairloch par., NW. Boss
and Cromarty, on Gruinard Bay.

Laidlawsticl, seat, in N. of Selkirkshire, 5 miles W.
of Galashiels.

Laldon (or Lydock), Lock, Perthshire and Argyll-
shire, in Moor of Bannoch, 5 miles E. of Kingshouse
Inn; is 5 miles long NE. and SW.

Lalgk Dalmore, place where plumbago was formerly
mined, Coylton par., Ayrshire.

Laigkdoors, 3 miles from Mu thill, Perthshire ; P.O.

Lalgkland Wood, in the grounds of Auchencruive,
St Quivox par., Ayrshire, 3g miles NE. of Ayr.

Laigkwood, Old, hamlet, Clunie par., Perthshire,
on Lunan Burn, 5 miles NE. of Dunkeld.

Laindon, par., township, and vil., Essex—par., 3830
ac., pop. 477; township, 2192 ac., pop. 320; vil., 3J
miles SE. of Billericay;
P.O.

Laindon Hills. See Langdon Hills.

Lainsliaw, seat, in par. and near Stewarton, N. Ayr-
shire ; in vicinity are quarries. _

Lainslon, par., Hants, 3 miles NW. of Winchester,
120ac., pop. 15 ; contains the seat of Lainston House.

Lalra (or Laira Green), par., Devon, in NE. vicinity
of Plymouth, 131 ac., pop. 138;
P.O.

Lalrdniannock, Linn Of, on Tarf Water, S. Kirk-
cudbrightshire.

Laird’s Hill, a summit of the Kilsyth Hills, in par.
and 2 miles NAV. of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, alt. 1393 ft.

Lairg, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Sutherlandshire—
par., 121,358 ac., pop. 1355 ; vil., on river Shin, at SE.
end of Loch Shin, 2 miles N. of its ry. sta., which is 9
miles N. of Bonar Bridge and 17g AV. of Golspie by rail;
P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; Lairg is the starting point of the
chief Sutherland mail routes, and during the summer
months is a great centre for sportsmen and tourists;
2000 ac. between Loch Shin and river Tirry were re-
claimed during 1873-77 by the Duke of Sutherland, at
a cost of £100,000.

Lairy, estuary of river Plym, Devon.

Laister Dyke, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Bradford and
Calverley pars., E. div. AVest-Riding Yorkshire—dist.,
pop. 13,336; sta., 2 miles NE. of Bradford;
P.O., T.O.


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