Lisacul

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Lisacul
Lios an Choill
Village
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Entering Lisacul at Cloontowart
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Lisacul
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°51′30″N8°37′50″W / 53.858421°N 8.630480°W / 53.858421; -8.630480
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Roscommon
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference M911163
Website lisaculinfo.ie

Lisacul (Irish : Lios an Choill, meaning 'fort of the hazel tree') [1] is a village in the north west of County Roscommon, Ireland, situated on the R293 regional road midway between Ballyhaunis in County Mayo and Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. It is part of the Barony of Frenchpark (the de Freyne family).

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Education

There are two schools in Lisacul. Brightsparks Pre-School and Lisacul National School. Brightsparks has a roll of 28 pupils and five staff,[ citation needed ] while the national school (as of 2016) had over 70 pupils and five active teaching staff. [2]

Geography

The principal river in Lisacul, the River Lung, [3] is well stocked with fish, chiefly bream, perch, pike, roach and rudd and attracts anglers during the fishing season. The Loughglynn and District Angling Association holds open competitions throughout the year in the lakes around Loughglynn and Lisacul. [4] The Lung takes its name from the Luighne people, who claimed ancestry from Lugh, the Celtic war deity. [5]

Lisacul has at least seven ring forts and, according to tradition, there is a treasure buried in one of these. The main fort was situated in Whitestown, and all the other forts were said to be visible from this. One of the forts is now part of the grounds of Lisacul's national school. Another, in Kiltybranks, has a cave: during the rural electrification scheme in the late 1950s human remains were found there.

Pollawaddy cave is located approximately 1.5 km southwest of Lisacul village in Carrownaknockaun townland. The cave has a surveyed length of 45.5m and was explored and surveyed in September 2000 by David Drew and Caoimhe Hickey. [6]

Community centre (Memorial Hall)

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Dedication plaque on Lisacul Memorial Hall

The community centre in Lisacul was originally built in the 1930s, with a new extension completed in 2013. The original building was raised as a memorial to locals who died between 1920 and 1923 in the War of Independence and the Civil War. The dedication plaque reads:

I ndil cuimhne ar
Sheamus O’Maoil Bhreanainn
Eoghan O’Ceallaigh
Thomas O’ Flannghaile
Phadhraic O’ Maoil Bhreanainn
Tomas Mac Gabhann
A marbhuigheadh ar son poblacta na h-Eireann (1920-23)

(In memory of James Mulrennan, Eugene Kelly, Thomas Flannery, Patrick Mulrennan [and] Thomas McGowan who died for the republic of Ireland (1920-1923))

Handball alley

The original handball alley was built in 1916, using donated materials and voluntary labour. It was opened by the principal of the local school, Bill Ford. It was demolished and rebuilt in the 1970s. Refurbishments since have included adding tiered seating and wheelchair access.

Community

In 2016, members of the Lisacul community undertook a project, the "365 Project" to assemble an archive of photographs (one for each day of the year) capturing the people, places and things in the Lisacul area. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lios an Choill/Lisacul". logainm.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Lisacul National School" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "GSI Web - Lisacul - the River Lung". www.gsi.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Loughglynn and District Anglers' Association". 13 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Lung River: A Significant Historical Frontier- Dr. Myles Sweeney | Lough Gara Lakes & Legends". www.loughgaralakesandlegends.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Geological Heritage of Roscommon, An audit of County Geological Sites in Roscommon" . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lisacul 365 – Lisacul Community Website". lisaculinfo.ie. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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