Information about Lissaunoogh

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Lissaunoogh
Irish Form of Name:
Lios na h-uamha
Translation:
fort the cave
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Lissaunoogh
Lios na h-uamha
Situation:
Situated in the W. of townland Mirehill adjacent to the road leading from Shruil to Headford

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.