An Lios Breac/Lisbrack

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Hierarchy

townland

An Lios Breac

genitive: an Leasa Bhric

(Irish)

Lisbrack

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

breac

English speckled

lios

English ring-fort, enclosure

Hierarchy

county

An Longfort/Longford

barony

An Longfort/Longford

civil parish

Cluain Geise/Clongesh

electoral division

An Lios Breac/Newtown Forbes

Centrepoint

53.7725, -7.83506latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1612	Lisbracke	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1 Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1629	Lisbrack	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1632	Lissbrack	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 7 Car.1 Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1642	Castri-Forbesii	Comm. Rin. Leathanach: 314, Imleabhar: I Commentarius Rinuccinianus: de sedis apostolicae legatione ad foederatos Hiberniae Catholicos per annos 1645-1649 (6 imleabhar, 1932 - 1949). Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir an imleabhair agus an leathanaigh / reference to volume and page number
1659	Lisbragh	Cen. A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Lissbrack	BSD Leathanach: 173 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
c.1700	“...another fayre towne called Castleforbes, formerlie called Lisbrack...”	Robt. Downing, in JACAS I, uimh. 3 Leathanach: 21 Robert Downing, in The Journal of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Antiquarian Society, Imleabhar I, Uimhir 3
1794	do bhaile an Leasa Bric	'The River Shannon': Ó Tuathail Leathanach: 206 'The River Shannon Poetically Described by Michael Brennan', ed. É. Ó Tuathail, in Éigse, VI: 3 (Dublin, 1951), 193–240.
1813	Lisbrack	Edgeworth A map of the county of Longford, William Edgeworth (1813); 4 leathanach (W. Faden, Londain a d’fhoilsigh, 1814)
1835	Lisbrack	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Lisbrack	Edgeworth Map:AL A map of the county of Longford, William Edgeworth (1813) ex AL
1835	Liss Breac, “The Speckled Fort”	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1835	Lisbrack	Inq. J I:AL Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1835	Lissbrack	Inq. C I:AL Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1835	lios breac, “speckled fort”, The Irish name of Newton Forbes	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1835	lios breac, “Irish name of N.townforbes”	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1908	Lios Breac, “speckled fort, ..This was the former name of Newtownforbes”	MacGivney Leathanach: 169 Place names of the County Longford. Correctly spelled in Irish and fully explained in English, with notes and illustrations by Rev. Joseph MacGivney
1938	...cúl an Leasa Bhric...	Ar Aghaidh, Iúl 1938 (Donn Piatt) Leathanach: 3 Ar Aghaidh, Iúl 1938 (Donn Piatt)
2007	lisˈbrak	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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