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Lismore

Lios Mór

A small building on New Street preserves part of the town’s market infrastructure.

Watercolour and fine ink view of a moss-covered stone fountain beneath overhanging foliage, with running water, a curved stone wall and wet cobbled paving.
Illustration, the Spout fountain at Lismore, County Waterford, as photographed in June 2026
Recorded locationLismore52.13738° N · 7.93188° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

liosring-fort, enclosuremórgreat, big

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 Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Lismore · English · main form

Place & story

Weighing at Fair Field

The architectural inventory records a stone weigh house on New Street built in 1918, with a weighbridge to its west bearing the same date. Raised lettering survives on the bridge’s cast-iron cover. The survey identifies the pair as remnants of Fair Field, a large mart ground extending eastwards that was substantially developed during the late twentieth century. A gateway north of the weigh house also dates from 1918. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Waterford
Coordinates
52.13738, -7.93188
Mapped area
0.56 km²
Logainm ID
50209 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1911 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Lismore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. New Street weigh house and weighbridge, NIAH 22809155, Waterford survey 2003 · 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 Spout fountain at Lismore, County Waterford illustration: based on a The Spout, Lismore by Gordon Hatton. 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.