placenamesLissardagh
Lios Ardachaidh
Lissardagh, also known as Lissarda, holds memories of a 1920 ambush and a family-run post office.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Ardachaidh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lissardagh · English · main form
- Lissarda · English · main form
Place & story
The ambush of August 1920
On 22 August 1920, Kilmurry Volunteers ambushed an RIC party at Lissarda. Michael Galvin was killed and Daniel O'Leary wounded before the Volunteers withdrew. Kilmurry Heritage records the action in its account of Patrick Sheehan, who helped carry Galvin from the scene. [2]
A post office at home
Siobhán O'Leary recalled that her father, John O'Mahony, opened a post office in the family home in 1933. Previously it had operated within Lissarda Creamery. Her mother Hannah helped run the service. After her father died in 1963, Siobhán took over and continued until her retirement in 2001. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry
- Within
- Lissardagh
- Coordinates
- 51.84325, -8.85619 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412889 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lissardagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Patrick (Pake) Sheehan: Lissarda Ambush · Kilmurry Heritage
- John (Jackie) O'Mahony · Siobhán O'Leary; Kilmurry Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.