placenamesLiskinfere
Lios Cinn Féir
Liskinfere’s church at Clogh preserves Georgian Gothic architecture, while drawings and an early gazetteer record the parish’s building and educational history.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Cinn Féir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Liskinfere · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Luke’s church of 1831
Saint Luke’s Church of Ireland church at Clogh was built in 1831 with assistance from the Board of First Fruits. Its western tower has battlements and slender pinnacles, while pointed windows light the rectangular nave. The interior retains box pews, a timber gallery and decorative joinery. These fittings give the building significance beyond its tower’s familiar outline in the surrounding rural landscape. [2]
Plans signed by J. McDaniel
The Irish Architectural Archive identifies drawings for Clough church signed by J. McDaniel on paper watermarked 1812. They belong to the National Library of Ireland’s architectural collection. The archive treats the designer’s identity cautiously, noting that little is known about him. The watermark provides evidence about the paper used for the plans; it should be distinguished from the church’s documented construction in 1831. [3]
The parochial school
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Leskinfere, also called Clough, records about 25 children attending the parochial school. Its schoolhouse had received a £60 grant from the Lord Lieutenant’s fund. The teacher’s support included annual payments from the rector and a charitable association, together with a house and an acre of ground. This was a modest institution within a larger parish, not a population count for the village. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Liskinfere. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Luke’s Church, Liskinfere, survey 15701113 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- J. McDaniel, architect entry and Clough church drawings · Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects
- Leskinfere or Clough, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis; University of Portsmouth historical gazetteer transcription
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-02-22. How this page was prepared.