placenamesLislee
Lios Lao
Lewis records different patrons for schools around Barreragh, Courtmacsherry and Butlerstown.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Lios Lao · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lislee · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching across the coastal parish
Samuel Lewis counted seven schools in Lislee parish, teaching about three hundred children during the summer in his 1837 account. The parochial schools at Barreragh were partly supported by the incumbent. The Leslie family had built and supported a school at Courtmacsherry, while Catholic clergy patronised a school in Butlerstown’s chapel yard. Other schools were privately run. His seasonal attendance figure covers the parish’s school network; it does not give the number attending any one institution throughout the year. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Coordinates
- 51.60686, -8.71951 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 26.59 km²
- Logainm ID
- 648 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lislee. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Lislee: 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.