BROWSE
Lios Mór
genitive: Leasa Móire
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Lismore
(English)

Glossary

English ring-fort, enclosure
English great, big

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

52.1365, -7.93277latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

1707c
Lismore
".i. lios no foirgniomh mor, no Árus Riogh no Tighearna"
Liosta Lhwyd Leathanach: 272
1739
leas mor
s.v. leas .i. lios—a court
Foclóir Uí Neachtain
1739
lios mór
lios—a town or village
Foclóir Uí Neachtain
1739
leasa móire [g.]
"luaim leasa móire" s.v. luaim .i. luam—an Abbot
Foclóir Uí Neachtain

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