placenamesLissalway
Lios Sealbhaigh
An estate map and archaeological surveys preserve different records of Lissalway’s land and fields.
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 Sealbhaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lissalway · English · main form
Place & story
The estate survey
The National Library holds an 1802 map covering the estates of John Hearn and Henry Trant at Carrowreagh and Lissalway. Made by Brownrigg, Longfield and Murray, it records tenants’ names and the acreage of holdings, preserving a detailed account of landholding at the time. [2]
A ringfort on the ridge
North of the settlement, the Archaeological Survey records a ringfort on a broad ridge in Lissalway townland. Its enclosed area measures about thirty-nine metres by thirty-six. A bank and outer ditch remain, while a fragment of a later roadway crosses part of the interior; the survey could not identify an original entrance. [3]
Older field divisions
Elsewhere in the townland, surviving banks and drains divide pasture into six small rectangular plots beside a central north–south bank. The archaeological record notes that no house sites were visible and cautions that these fields may be comparatively recent. Their presence should therefore not be treated as proof of a medieval settlement. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Castlereagh
- Civil parish
- Baslick
- Coordinates
- 53.75994, -8.39426 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414413 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lissalway. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Estate map of Carrowreagh and Lissalway, 1802, MS21F44/051 · National Library of Ireland; Brownrigg, Longfield and Murray
- Sites and Monuments Record RO027-010: Lissalway ringfort · Michael Moore; Archaeological Survey of Ireland, 2010
- Sites and Monuments Record RO021-104: Lissalway field system · Michael Moore; Archaeological Survey of Ireland, 2010
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.