placenamesLiscleary
Lios Cléirigh
Lewis recorded seaweed, sand and limestone supplying the parish’s farms.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Cléirigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Liscleary · English · main form
Place & story
Materials for the fields in 1837
Liscleary’s farmers used seaweed and sand brought from Carrigaline alongside lime as manure, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. Limestone existed near the boundary with Killanully, but he judged it too deeply buried to work profitably when an abundant supply could be obtained from that neighbouring parish. His account therefore distinguishes a local mineral deposit from a usable source of stone, while recording the movement of coastal materials inland for agriculture. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Kerrycurrihy
- Coordinates
- 51.81639, -8.42299
- Mapped area
- 17.4 km²
- Logainm ID
- 646 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Liscleary. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Liscleary, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.