Lios Amadáin/Lisomadaun

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Lios Amadáin

genitive: Lios Amadáin

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Lisomadaun

(English)

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Glossary

lios

English ring-fort, enclosure

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county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Maothail/Mohill

civil parish

Maothail/Mohill

Explanatory note

English

ring-fort of (the) fool

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53.9618, -7.85354latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman Lios-Amadáin = Fort of the fool"	Nóta Nóta eolais
c1660	Liscomodan	BSD Leathanach: 21 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685	Liscomadan	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1834	Lisomidan	TAB Leathanach: 65, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap. Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Lisomedaun	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Lisomedawn	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Lisamadawn	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Lishumadane	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Liss-an-amedan 'the back of the fool's fort'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Liscomadane	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Lios amadáin 'fort of the fool'	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Lisomadaun "Vide 'Tir omedan' in Monaghan near Tullycorbet." [Nóta OD]	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838

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