placenamesLissan
An Liosán
Lewis describes combined livelihoods across a historical parish spanning Derry and Tyrone.
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 Liosán · Irish · main form
- Lissan · English · main form
Place & story
Agriculture and textile work
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Lissan covers a parish extending into both Derry and Tyrone. He records extensive linen manufacture combined with agricultural pursuits. Limestone was also being quarried for farming uses, while the landscape included mountainous ground, bog and cultivated land. His account presents textile work and farming as connected parts of local livelihoods. These observations concern the historical parish across the county boundary; they do not measure employment or production in its Derry portion separately. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Coordinates
- 54.71111, -6.75863 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 2909 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lissan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lissan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2014-02-28. How this page was prepared.