Information about Lisnarup

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Lisnarup
Irish Form of Name:
Lios na Rop
Translation:
fort of the thieves or robbers
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Lisnarup
Lios na Rop
Lisnarup
Lisunrup Mr. John Fox
Description:
This fort is nearly of an oval figure and about 1¾ chains in diameter.
Situation:
It is situated a little in the N. East side of Poulathlugga townland. Clonmacnowen.

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.