Lismore Castle from the bridge over the... © Richard Smith

2006

X0498 : Lismore Castle from the bridge over the Blackwater

Lismore Castle from the bridge over the Blackwater

An awe-inspiring view of the castle dominating the south bank of the Blackwater, taken from the N72 road bridge

Category: Castle towers

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lismore Castle [20] · N72 [11] · Bridge over the Blackwater [4] ·

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Grid Square: X0498, 140 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Richard Smith (more nearby)
Date Taken: Saturday, 19 August, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 20 February, 2011
Subject Location: Irish: X 046 987 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:8.4762N 7:55.9422W
Camera Location: Irish: X 048 988
View Direction: West-southwest (about 247 degrees)

Image classification(about): Geograph

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There appears to be some dispute between the plaque and the information board as to the Gaelic spelling!

The explanation of this apparent discrepancy is that the board refers to the town of Lismore, whilst the plaque is specifically about the castle so the name appears in the genitive, literally "the Castle of the Big Enclosure". Mochuda was the saint who was the legendary founder of the town and abbey (also known as St Carthage, to whom both the CoI cathedral and the RC parish church in the town are dedicated).

Posted by Tiger on Fri, 9 Jul 2010 (5 comments)