Lisnasliggan

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Lisnasliggan ({{Irish derived place name|Lios na Sliogán|fort of the shells}}) is a townland of 568 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland.{{cite web|title=Lisnasliggan|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=11805|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=18 April 2015}} It is situated in the civil parish of Annaclone and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half.{{cite web|title=Lisnasliggan|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=Ire Atlas Townlands Database|accessdate=18 April 2015}}

In 1834 it was recorded that there were still ‘seven ancient forts’ in Lisnasliggan. The townland also contains the Church of Ireland church of Christ Church built in 1860.{{cite web|title=Church of Ireland - Christ Church|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PHOTOSwords/AnnacloneAll.htm|website=Ros Davies' Co. Down, Northern Ireland Family History Research Site|accessdate=18 April 2015}} It is a small Gothic church with three lancet windows on each side, a gabled porch on the south side, vestry on the north side and a bell-gable over the west façade.{{cite web|title=Christ Church, Lisnasliggan|url=http://www.stonedatabase.com//buildings.cfm?bk=2225|website=Natural Stone Database|accessdate=18 April 2015}}

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Category:Townlands of County Down

Category:Civil parish of Annaclone

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