placenamesLisbunny
Lios Buinne
The cemetery landscape east of Nenagh expanded in the twentieth century and again with a documented opening in 2015.
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 Buinne · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lisbunny · English · main form
Place & story
From two cemeteries to three
At the opening of Lisbunny Lawn Cemetery in 2015, council chairman Ger Darcy distinguished the older burial ground from the cemetery whose first burial took place in 1957. The new lawn cemetery stood beside both. The council’s annual report dates its official opening to 15 October 2015 and records provision for five hundred additional grave spaces. These are separate stages in the locality’s service as a burial place for Nenagh. [2] [3]
A different approach to remembrance
The lawn cemetery’s design included two columbariums for urns, numbered graves and uniform headstones. The contemporary opening report explained the emphasis on easier maintenance and access, especially for older visitors. Catholic clergy blessed the new ground alongside Church of Ireland representative Audrey Clarke. The account documents both the planned layout and a shared public ceremony, without implying that all three burial grounds were founded together or followed the same design. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.86094, -8.14845
- Mapped area
- 17.76 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2201 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lisbunny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Opening of new cemetery in Nenagh,30October2015 · Nenagh Guardian
- Annual Report2015,printed pages150–151: Lisbunny Lawn Cemetery · Tipperary County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.