placenamesLisnageer
Lios na gCaor
Two recorded ringforts mark Lisnageer in Ashfield, while the official placename research keeps its meaning carefully qualified.
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
- Lios na gCaor · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lisnageer · English · main form
Place & story
The surviving ringfort
The archaeological inventory describes a ringfort in Lisnageer with an interior about thirty-five metres across. A substantial earth bank encloses it, with a deep outer ditch and an additional low bank along part of the western side. A gap and causeway to the southeast were identified as the original entrance. [2]
A site preserved on maps
A second ringfort, near a stream, was labelled on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1836 and 1876. The archaeological record reports that nothing was visible at ground level when surveyed, illustrating how historical mapping can preserve evidence of a feature lost from the surface. [3]
Reading the name cautiously
The Placenames Database records an 1836 interpretation connecting Lisnageer with berries. Its explanatory note gives a broader meaning involving round objects and stresses that the Irish word caor has several meanings. The older interpretation therefore remains part of the name’s research history, without establishing a particular crop or local custom. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Tullygarvey
- Civil parish
- Kildrumsherdan
- Within
- Lisnageer
- Coordinates
- 54.08122, -7.17483 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412332 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lisnageer. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan, 1995: Lisnageer ringfort CV016-094 · Archaeological Survey of Ireland
- Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan, 1995: Lisnageer ringfort CV017-051 · Archaeological Survey of Ireland
- Lisnageer: official explanatory note and historical references · Placenames Branch; Government of Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.