Lismire

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Lismire
Lios Maghair
Village
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Lismire
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°13′39.10″N08°56′49.97″W / 52.2275278°N 8.9472139°W / 52.2275278; -8.9472139
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Cork
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Lismire (Irish : Lios Maghair) [1] is a village in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to St. Joseph and is in the parish of Kanturk (Cloyne Diocese). [2] [3] Lismire GAA, the local GAA club, have a number of titles to their name.[ citation needed ] Lismire is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.

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References

  1. "Lios Maghair/Lismire". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. "St. Joseph's" . Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. "Parish: Kanturk". cloynediocese.ie. Cloyne Diocese. Retrieved 17 April 2020.