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Lyre

An Ladhar

An early twentieth-century house records a modest strand of housing improvement on Beara.

Recorded locationLyre51.66961° N · 9.80077° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

ladharfork

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

  • An Ladhar · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Lyre · English · main form

Place & story

A familiar housing pattern

The architectural inventory dates a two-storey house in Lyre to about 1910. It compares the building’s plan, scale and form with the work of the Congested Districts Board, without identifying a documented commission for this particular house. Red-brick arches and window surrounds contrast with its limewashed walls, while timber sash windows and a rear lean-to outbuilding preserve features of the surveyed farmhouse. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Bear
Civil parish
Killaconenagh
Coordinates
51.66961, -9.80077
Mapped area
0.25 km²
Logainm ID
8756 ↗

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 — Lyre. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Lyre house, NIAH 20911601, Cork survey 2006–2010 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.