Lismore Castle &copy; Dave Spencer

2007

X0498 : Lismore Castle

Lismore Castle

Birthplace of Robert Boyle, the father of modern chemistry, in 1627

Category: Castle > Castle

This photo is linked from: Articles: · Irish Castles Galleries: · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in March 2016 Automatic Clusters: · Lismore Castle [20] Title Clusters: · Lismore Castle [7] ·

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Grid Square: X0498, 140 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Dave Spencer (more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 12 July, 2007 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 22 July, 2007
Subject Location: Irish: X 047 987 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:8.4385N 7:55.9248W
Camera Location: Irish: X 047 987
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)

Image classification(about): Geograph

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X0498 : Plaque, Lismore Castle, Lios Mor X0498 : Information board and plaque, Lismore Castle, Lios Mor X0498 : Plaque, Saint Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore/Lios Mor X0498 : Saint Carthage's Cathedral - Church of Ireland, Lismore/Lios Mor X0498 : St. Carthage RC Parish Church, Lismore, Waterford County X0498 : Statue of Saint Carthage, Millennium Park, Lismore/Lios Mor

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)