Liss
Liss in Irish “Lios an Choirthe” meaning ringfort enclosure. In the Electoral division of Drumkeary it is 292.20 acres or 118.25 hectares in size.
Liss borders Allygola, Ballynakill, Burroge, Curragh, Knockroe, Lissaniska, Parkagarraun, Tomany Beg and Toorsmuttaun.
What we recorded
- Placenames
- 15 (1 Irish-origin)
- 8 field
- 2 road
- 1 fort
- 1 creek
- 1 sub-townland
- 1 other
- 1 hole
- Houses
- 8
- Buildings
- 2
By type
Map
Placenames
| Name | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Cross | field | |
| The Callow | field | |
| St. Ruth’s Road | road | St. Ruth is said to have stopped here. |
| Donnellan’s | field | |
| The Black Garden | field | |
| The Pop Field | field | |
| Coen’s Field/The Good Field | field | |
| The Liss | fort | |
| Garraí Mór | field | Pronounced “Gorreymore”. |
| Watering Hole | creek | |
| Black’s Turn | road | |
| Drumbeg | sub-townland | |
| Hedge School | other | There is a quarry here now. |
| The Sports Field | field | |
| The Marble Hole | hole |
Houses
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Tooreen House | |
| Donnelan’s House | |
| Dervan’s House | |
| Coen’s House | |
| Larkin’s House | |
| Pat Joe Dervan’s House | |
| Darcy’s House | |
| Cammel’s House |
Buildings
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Egan’s Mill | |
| Cammel’s Shop |
Population
In the 1841 census there were 83 people, 11 inhabited and 2 uninhabited houses in Liss and in the 1851 census there were 59 people, 8 inhabited and 2 uninhabited houses. The 1840 map indicated 22 houses or outbuildings and the 1847-64 Griffith’s Valuation showed 9 houses, 13 landholders and a National School house. In the 1901 census there were 7 residences and 33 inhabitants and in the 1911 census there were 8 residences and 32 inhabitants.
Land and Household Records
Landholders and heads of household recorded in the Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith’s Valuation, and the 1901, 1911 and 1926 censuses.
Tithe Applotment Books, 1834
Not yet compiled.
Griffith’s Valuation, 1856
Not yet compiled.
1901 census
Not yet compiled.
1911 census
Not yet compiled.
1926 census
- Annie Campbell
- John Dervan
- Thomas Dervan
- Michael Dervan
- Margaret Donnellan
- John Dervan
About the Townland
As well as a National School House in the south of the townland, local research indicates there was a corn mill and a lime kiln in the east of Liss. Towards the centre there is a ringfort that the townland gets its name from and nearby there is a marble (or marl) watering hole and a wooded area reputed to be the site of an old Hedge School.