placenamesLiscarney
Lios Cearnaigh
Liscarney appears in accounts of the War of Independence through a local blacksmith and the movements of an IRA column.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Cearnaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Liscarney · English · main form
Place & story
Thomas Lyons
Historian John Joyce records that Thomas Lyons, a blacksmith from Liscarney, was shot dead on 21 November 1920 while visiting his uncle at Knappagh. Joyce describes soldiers seeing him crossing fields towards the house; accounts differed about whether he was ordered to halt. The death connects a named Liscarney resident with the violence affecting the district. [2]
A column near Westport
In his Bureau of Military History statement, Thomas Kettrick recalled returning from an attack on a police patrol in Westport to find his column at Liscarney. His recollection places the locality within the movements of the West Mayo active service unit, while the attack itself took place in Westport. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Liscarney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The National Movement, 1916–1921: areas south of Westport, Cathair na Mart 10 (1990), pp.94–98 · John Joyce, Westport Historical Society
- Bureau of Military History W.S.872, p.28 · Thomas Kettrick; Military Archives
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.