Information about Lisheen Dyke

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Lisheen Dyke
Irish Form of Name:
Lisín
Translation:
a small fort
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Lisheen Dyke
Lisín
Lisheen Dyke Local name
Description:
A dyke or flooded portion of land near Coolagh townland.
Situation:
S.E. of Menlo village.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Lis, Liss (Irish Lios), an ancient fort. See vol. i.p. 271. In the majority of cases the second part of a ik's - name is personal, viz. the name of the person who owned the lis when it got the name. The interpretation of many such names is obvious at a glance : no one could mistake the meaning of such names as Lismacrory, Lisdonnell, Lisgorman, and hundreds like them. The most usual gen. of lios is leasa, but sometimes we find gen. lis or less, which when occurring in names is pronounced Ui>\ as in Letter-tinlish and Tullylish.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Lisheen Dyke is in Menlough townland.