Legan is a small settlement in what locals call Lenamore — An Léana Mór, the great water-meadow. It sits in the lowland of Smithfield townland, centred around a bridge that has been a local landmark since about 1775. The name comes from the bridge itself and the stream it crosses: Legan Bridge, the stream bridge, and the village took its name from the proximity of both.
The village keeps itself. A GAA club (Legan Sarsfields) holds the sporting life. It places regularly in the Tidy Towns competition — fourth of thirteen villages in County Longford in 2016, which for a settlement of this size is honest work. There is no tourist infrastructure and no pretence to needing one.
From Longford town: ~20 minutes south on the N4, then local roads. The village sits 3 km from the N55 and 10 km from the N4.
Nearest station is Edgeworthstown on the Dublin–Sligo line, about 11 km away. Then car or taxi.