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Lumphinnans (Scottish Gaelic: Lann Fhìonain) is a small, former mining village along the B981 road, from west to east between the towns of Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly, in central Fife.
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Lumphinnans Primary and Community School is the local primary school, its facilities available under a community use programme in the evenings.[1] Sporting facilities are also available at Lumphinnans Sports Hub[2] and Lumphinnans Bowling Club, founded in 1909. Lumphinnans United A.F.C. play in the amateur football Kingdom of Fife AFA[3] at Ochilview park.
The name Lumphinnans is derived from the Scottish Gaelic lann, 'church', of (Saint) Fhìonain or Fillan, with early sources indicating both as possibilities.[4][5] The -s suffix denotes a division of the lands into northern and southern parts.[5]
Historically, the village had nearby collieries, an ironworks and a brickworks.[6][7]
Lumphinnans was nicknamed as "Little Moscow" in the 1920s and 1930s for the area's support of communism.[8] The local left-wing council named a road Gagarin Way in the Russian cosmonaut's honour, which inspired a play of the same name by Scots playwright Gregory Burke.[9]
Notable people
edit- Abe Moffat (1896–1975), trade unionist, communist activist and union president
- Alex Moffat trade unionist, communist activist and union president
- Jock Rattray, footballer
- Jimmy Philp, footballer
- Lawrence Storione (1867–1922), founder of the Fife Communist Anarchist League
- Kenny Adamson professional Football Player
See also
edit- Gagarin Way, play, the title of which comes from a Lumphinnans street name in honour of the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Lumphinnans Primary Community School | Fife Council". Fife.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Lumphinnans - Fife Sports and Leisure Trust". Fifeleisure.org.uk. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Clubs - RJM Sports Kingdom of Fife AFA". kingdomoffifeafa.pitchero.com.
- ^ "Kalemouth (Roxburgh)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Fife Place-name Data :: Lumphinnans". Fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Detailed Old Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913), Lumphinnans, Fife Co-ordinates 56.113512, -3.336320".
- ^ "Lumphinnans Brickworks, Lumphinnans, Fife | Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry".
- ^ Devine, Thomas Martin; Mitchison, Rosalind; Dickson, Tony; Treble, James H. (1992). People and Society in Scotland: 1914-1990. John Donald Publishers. ISBN 978-0-85976-212-0.
- ^ Sierz, Aleks (16 January 2011). Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-1239-7.
- ^ "Theatre: Gagarin Way | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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