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Listowel

Lios Tuathail

A stone goods shed and an iron crane preserve another strand of the townland’s railway history.

Watercolour and fine ink view of a stone railway goods shed with a broad green arched entrance, green roof trim, a circular gable vent and narrow arched side windows.
Illustration, the former railway goods shed at Listowel, County Kerry, as photographed in June 2016
Recorded locationListowel52.44800° N · 9.48477° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

liosring-fort, enclosure

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 Tuathail · Irish · main form
  • Listowel · English · main form

Place & story

Freight buildings on John B. Keane Road

The architectural inventory dates the former railway goods shed on John B. Keane Road to about 1900 and records a freestanding iron crane of similar date on the site. The tall rubble-stone building combines limestone corner stones with red-brick arches around its side openings. Alterations blocked or reshaped several openings for its later use as an outbuilding, while the masonry retained evidence of its original railway purpose. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Listowel
Coordinates
52.44800, -9.48477
Mapped area
1.28 km²
Logainm ID
24245 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Listowel. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Listowel Railway Station goods shed, NIAH 21400288 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. The former railway goods shed at Listowel, County Kerry illustration: based on a Former Great Southern Railway goods shed by Jonathan Thacker. 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 2022-02-09. How this page was prepared.