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An Mhaighean
A nineteenth-century country house and a modern restoration project meet at Lisheen.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Mhaighean · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moyne · English · main form
Place & story
A country house with a castle outline
Lisheen Castle is a country house in Moyne parish, given an approximate date of 1840 by the architectural inventory. Battlements conceal the roof, while corner turrets and a taller entrance bay create a fortified silhouette. Stone mullions divide the windows and carefully cut limestone frames the openings. These features belong to the Gothic Revival treatment of a domestic building; its castle-like appearance does not make it a surviving medieval fortress. [2]
Rebuilding the burned shell
The castle’s published restoration account dates the Everard family’s work to 1995–2000. In an interview reported by John D. Adams, Zane Everard described finding only walls, with no roof or floors, after the 1921 fire and decades of decay. Michael and Joan Everard worked with local builder Mick Cleary on the reconstruction. Because evidence of the former interiors was lacking, the new rooms drew on reference books, comparable houses and Georgian design. The resulting interiors therefore include modern interpretation of a lost domestic setting. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moyne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lisheen Castle, record22403603 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Restoration of Lisheen Castle, 1995–2000 · John D. Adams; interviews with Zane Everard, published by Lisheen Castle
- The restored Lisheen Castle in Moyne parish, County Tipperary, as photographed in July 2017 illustration: based on a Lisheen Castle, Templemore, Tipperary (1) by Garry Dickinson. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.