Lisheen

Situation: The standard name for the townland was Lisheen with the Irish form being Lisín. The townland was in the south of the parish.

Description:

O’Donavon Field Name Book: the proprietor was Mathew Rosengrave. The townland was Rosengrave’s estate. It was under tillage, cattle and sheep with gravely and sandy soil. There was two small lakes in this townland.

Down Survey: the name for the townland in the survey was Carronlissy. The owner in 1641 was Sir Rodger O’Shawnussy and in 1670 owned by Sir Dermot O’Shaghnessy both of whom were catholic.

Griffith Valuation:

Map reference one was Patrick Carrick who had a house, office, herds house and land. This was 414 acres, 2 roods and 21 perches. This was worth 225 pounds with the landlord being Matthew Rosengrave.

1901 Census: In 1901 there was one household with stone or brick walls and with slate or iron roof. This house had 18 or more rooms. There was thirteen farm buildings with a stable, coach house, four cow houses, four calf houses, a fowl house, a barn and a store.

Thomas Murphy (29) was the head of family of house one who lived with his nephew Martin Joseph Greaney (18). Both of them were roman catholic and could read and write and speak Irish and English. They both worked on the farm and were unmarried.

1911 census: in 1911 there was one household with seven people, four males and three females. This house had stone or brick walls and slate or iron roof. This had 10-12 rooms and was a first class dwelling. It had eleven outbuildings with a stable, coach house, cow house, calf house, piggery, fowl house, barn, turf house, potato house, shed, store and a laundry.

Thomas Murphy (39) was the head of family of house one who lived with his wife Annie (30) and children along with a servant and worked as a farmer. Their children were William Paul (4), May J (3), Lawrence (2) and Patrick (1) along with Emily Carroll (17) who was their domestic servant. All of them were Catholic and Thomas, Annie and Emily could read and write. Only Thomas is listed as speaking Irish and English.