BROWSE
townland
Lios an Dlúith
genitive: Lios an Dlúith
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Lisadlooey
(English)

Glossary

English ring-fort, enclosure

Explanatory note

  • English

    the ring-fort of the warp, thread

Centrepoint

54.1795, -8.17297latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌlisəˈluːiː
x2
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Lios-a’-Dlúigh = Fort of the wisp. The flúigh, or Dlúigh – Fullen, from the name of the druid, who first practised the art, was a wisp of straw or hay or grass, on which a charm or incantation was pronounced for a person. (Compare O’Curry, Manners and Customs, Vol. II, pages 203-4). In pagan times, and well into Christian times, madness was believed to be due to some malign, magical agency – very often the work of some druid. The druid or the evil agent, prepared a ‘madman’s wisp’ or ‘fluttering wisp’ (dluigh) – a little wisp of straw or hay into which he pronounced some terrible incantations, and awaiting his opportunity he flung it into the face of his victim. So generally was this believed to cause madness that in many ancient writings, a madman is described as one upon whom the ‘Dlúigh Fullon’ or magic wish had been thrown. "
Nóta
1660c
?Lisluy
BSD Leathanach: 64
1668
?Lisdowly alias Lislug
ASE Leathanach: 176:1
1668
Lisdoyle alias Lisadluy
ASE Leathanach: 161:34
1728
Lisdowly
CGn. Leathanach: 57.515.39518
[1728
Lislugg
CGn. Leathanach: 57.515.39518]
1817
Lissagloi
Larkin
1834?
Lisdlue
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 65 (60:16/8)
1836
Lisadluey
BS:AL
1836
Lissadrooey
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Lios a dlu//igh
pl:AL
1836
Lios a dlúigh
'fort of the blaze'
OD:AL
1836
Lisadlooey
OD:AL

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