placenamesLisserlough
Liosar Locha
Nineteenth-century descriptions and later archaeological observations record Lisserlough’s changing rural landscape.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Liosar Locha · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lisserlough · English · main form
Place & story
A residence recorded in 1837
Samuel Lewis named Lisserlough among the principal residences of Killaraght parish in 1837, identifying Jacob Powell as its occupant. This contemporary entry establishes the house’s place in the parish at that date, without establishing when the surviving building was constructed. [2]
A fort in the namebook
The official placename archive preserves Ordnance Survey notes from 1836 describing a large old fort near the western side of Lisserlough townland. These remarks record a feature known to the surveyors, alongside their collection of different written forms of the place’s name. [3]
Fields visible from the air
The Archaeological Survey records a group of small fields in Lisserlough visible on an aerial photograph, with some also shown on the 1914 six-inch map. Its 2012 record reports the fields as levelled and no longer visible at ground level, judging them likely to date after 1700. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Sligo
- Barony
- Coolavin
- Civil parish
- Killaraght
- Coordinates
- 53.93964, -8.39596 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414451 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lisserlough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killaraght: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis, 1837
- Lisserlough: historical namebook references · Placenames Branch; Government of Ireland
- Sites and Monuments Record SL047-027: Lisserlough field system · Archaeological Survey Unit, University College Cork, 2012
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.