School: Cill Mhuire (B.), Lios Árd-achaidh

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1. About My Own Townland

   

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   The way Lissarda got its name is. Lissarda means high fort. There is a passage running from one fort to another through the town land. There are about fifty inhabitants in it. There are two Castles in Lissarda. One of the Castles was a distillery and people lived in them until about sixty years ago. There is a hill there called Cnoc Goilean and the relics of a church. In a farm in the locality there is a field with a pond in it and it is called the pond field.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Daniel Wall

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lissardagh, Co. Cork

2. Townlands

   

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   Some old people remember a great lot of houses from Kilmurry village down along to Farren Hill, and along the road from Kilmurry village to Poll an Airgead. It was in a house on the southern side of the road Father O'Sullivan was born. He was the translator of the Imitation of Christ into Irish.

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