placenamesLismakeery
Lios Mhic Thíre
Lewis distinguished the parish’s uneven ground from its productive riverside land.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Mhic Thíre · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lismakeery · English · main form
Place & story
The riverside parish in 1837
Samuel Lewis placed Lismakeery on the western bank of the Deel, south of Askeaton, in 1837. He described light soils broken by limestone outcrops and loose stones, yet found the land generally productive and particularly fertile beside the river. At the parish’s southeastern end stood Altavilla, the residence of T. G. Bateman, within a planted demesne along the Deel. Lewis recorded the old church as already ruined, on higher ground near Altavilla. His account links the riverside estate and church remains with the parish’s agricultural landscape at that date. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.58099, -9.00429
- Mapped area
- 12.52 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1576 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lismakeery. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lismakeery, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.