placenamesLisnamuck
Lios na Muc
Lisnamuck’s local football history records how a small rural community found players, grounds and funds during the 1940s.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios na Muc · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lisnamuck · English · main form
Place & story
The White Heather players
During the 1940s, Lisnamuck footballers competed in local seven-a-side tournaments when they lacked enough players for regular larger teams. Known as the White Heather Seven, they formed Sean Larkin’s club in 1945. Watty Graham’s club history credits Jim McKenna with leading its formation and records that the South Derry Board had rejected the proposed White Heather name before the new club adopted Sean Larkin’s. [2]
Raising money through drama
The Lisnamuck club depended on more than its players. Jim Fullerton provided a field without charge, while a dramatic society staged performances to help buy equipment and jerseys. The team wore blue and white hoops and later played at a field in Fallaghgloon known as Gorry’s Park. These practical arrangements connect football with amateur entertainment and the use of neighbouring agricultural land. [2]
A dispersed locality in a planning inquiry
A Planning Appeals Commission report issued in 2011 considered whether Lisnamuck should receive formal recognition as a small settlement. The commissioners described separate groups of buildings near Lisnamuck Road and Five Mile Straight rather than a continuous village centre. They recommended against designation on the evidence presented. This planning assessment concerned the settlement’s physical form and facilities, distinct from the community ties preserved in its sporting history. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Civil parish
- Maghera
- Within
- Lisnamuck
- Coordinates
- 54.83236, -6.75492 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413332 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lisnamuck. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Club History and Formation, Lisnamuck Sean Larkin’s · Watty Graham’s GAC Glen, Maghera
- Examination into objections to Draft Magherafelt Area Plan 2015, report 31 January 2011, section 9.11 · Planning Appeals Commission, P. Boomer, J. de-Courcey and S. G. O’Hare
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.