placenamesCorlismore
Corrlios Mór
A nineteenth-century campaign over county taxation and Seán Sheridan’s childhood recollections reveal different sides of the Corlismore district.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Corrlios Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Corlismore · English · main form
- Corlesmore · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A testimonial for Michael Masterson
On 2 March 1854, ratepayers met at Corlismore to arrange a testimonial for Michael Masterson of the locality. A notice preserved from the Anglo-Celt praised his four years of work seeking reductions in the county cess, the local tax that financed county expenditure. Adam Johnston chaired the meeting and James Duignan acted as secretary. Subscriptions were invited through shops, mills and other collecting points, showing the campaign’s reach beyond Corlismore itself. [2]
Schooldays remembered
In his memoir What if the Dream Come True, Seán Sheridan recalled attending Drumcrow National School from 1908. He remembered its principal, Peter Rogers of Corlismore, arriving on foot or by bicycle, while another teacher travelled from Urney by donkey and trap. Sheridan estimated that fifty or sixty children attended. His father supplemented the family’s small farm income with work on the Killeshandra–Crossdoney railway branch, another connection between this rural district and the world beyond it. [3]
A volunteer’s account
Sheridan identified his birthplace as Drumcrow, Corlismore, in his statement to the Bureau of Military History. He joined the Drumbrade company of the Irish Volunteers in May 1918, with his brother Thomas serving as captain. His account recalled a company of about forty men, weekly training and instruction drawn from British army manuals. During the conscription crisis, he said, drilling took place openly without interference from the Royal Irish Constabulary. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Civil parish
- Ballintemple
- Within
- Corlismore
- Coordinates
- 53.92121, -7.48244 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412182 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Corlismore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Anglo-Celt, March1854: testimonial to Michael Masterson of Corlismore · Anglo-Celt, transcribed by Ireland Old News
- What if the Dream Come True: chapter1, Early Memories · Seán Sheridan
- Bureau of Military History, witness statement1613, opening page · Seán Sheridan, Military Archives
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.