Lios Ceannúir

Liscannor derives from the Irish Lios Ceannúir, meaning 'ringfort of Ceannúr,' with Lios denoting a defensive enclosure and the second element referring to a personal name or landscape feature. The settlement developed as a late 18th-century fishing village in the Barony of Corcomroe, which had been controlled by the O'Connor family from medieval times. Liscannor Castle, constructed circa 1580...