placenamesLismacaffry
Lios Mhic Gofraidh
Westmeath's protected-structures register records a nineteenth-century house in Lismacaffry and a small group of railway and postal buildings at nearby Float.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Mhic Gofraidh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lismacaffry · English · main form
Place & story
A nineteenth-century house
A house in Lismacaffry, recorded as protected structure 002-020, dates from around 1860. Its main block has three bays and two storeys, with a substantial two-storey return extending eastwards at the rear. Westmeath County Council's register highlights the balance of the design and the survival of its earlier form and character, recognising domestic architecture within the small rural townland. [2]
Float station in neighbouring Lisduff
A short distance south-east of Lismacaffry, Float railway station in Lisduff dates from 1856. The council register records a detached three-bay building of two storeys, with a single-storey projecting bay on its southern side and a lean-to extension. It identifies the former station as a small Victorian building retaining early fabric. The station thus forms a neighbouring reminder of the railway's presence in this part of Westmeath. [2]
Postal service at the station
The station group includes a wall-mounted cast-iron letter box dated by the register to around 1890. Its raised royal cipher is Victoria's, while lettering on the flap identifies its postal function. Listed separately from the station building, the box preserves an example of the manufactured iron street furniture that accompanied nineteenth-century communications infrastructure. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Moygoish
- Civil parish
- Street
- Within
- Lismacaffry
- Coordinates
- 53.71442, -7.45469 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413772 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lismacaffry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Record of Protected Structures, entries 002-018, 002-019 and 002-020, pages 56-57 · Westmeath County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.