BROWSE
townland
Lios an Mharfa
genitive: Lios an Mharfa
(Irish)
Lissawarriff
(English)

Glossary

English ring-fort, enclosure

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.6021, -7.61282latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Lyssavarsa
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Lissevarrowe
CPR Leathanach: 466a
1629
Lissevarrow [struchtúr léirithe anseo]
Cotton Map
1634
Lissevarruffe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 13 Car.1
1655
Lisvaragh
DS
1659
Lisfarfa [?]
Cen. Leathanach: 453
c.1660
Lissvarragh
BSD Leathanach: 115
1667
Lissnarragh (Sir John Stephens) [?]
ASE Leathanach: 105
1685
Lisvarra
Hib. Del.
1742
Lissavarow
CGn.
1768
Lisavariff
CGn.
1813
Lisaworrif
Edgeworth
1835
Lisawarriff
BS:AL
1835
Lisawarriff
Butler:AL
1835
Lisaworrif
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1835
Lissnawarriff
Robinson:AL
1835
Lissevarruffe
Inq. C I:AL
1835
Lios a mharbhtha, “fort of the killing or murder”
OD:AL
1835
Lios a mharbhtha
pl:AL
1835
...about 4/5 of which is cultivated the remainder bog...
Desc. Rem.:AL
1908
Lios a’ Mharbhta, “fort of the murder”
MacGivney Leathanach: 168
2008
lisəˈwarif
Áit.

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