Lios na mBreac/Lisnabrack

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Lios na mBreac

genitive: Lios na mBreac

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(Irish)

Lisnabrack

(English)

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Glossary

breac

English speckled

lios

English ring-fort, enclosure

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county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Liatroim/Leitrim

civil parish

Cill Tachúrc/Kiltoghert

Centrepoint

53.9528, -8.08405latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
	DS; Hib.Del.; BSD; Census; Inq.; ASE; Fi.Eliz.; Arch. Inventory	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Lios-na-mBreac = Fort of the trouts. Breac, a trout or any fish taken with a hook. Fish were often in the dykes that surrounded the ‘lios’, or fish in streams near by may have been the origin of the name. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1835	Lisnabrack	TAB (60:16/10) innéacs Nóta: (60:16/10) innéacs Tithe Applotment Books (60:16/10) innéacs
1835	Lisnabrick	TAB Leathanach: 165, 167, 169, 173, Nóta: (60:16/10) Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Lisnabrack	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Lisnabrick	Map 1768 (George):AL Map 1768 (George), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Liss-breack, 'the speckled fort'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Lios na mbreac 'fort of the trouts'	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
1836	Lisnabrack	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

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