Lissycasey
{{short description|Village in County Clare, Ireland}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lissycasey
| native_name = {{native name|ga|Lios Uí Chathasaigh}}
| native_name_lang = ga
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Lissycasey - geograph.org.uk - 293806.jpg
| image_caption = Lissycasey is on the N68 road
| pushpin_map = Ireland
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Munster
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = Clare
| established_title =
| established_date =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| population_as_of = 2016
|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=85EF8DB3-9818-4062-877F-0FC3FDA545CF | title = Sapmap Area: Settlements Lissycasey | work = Census 2016 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | access-date = 25 October 2021}}
| population = 325
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = WET
| utc_offset1 = +0
| utc_offset1_DST = -1
| coordinates = {{coord|52.743611|-9.159722|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 70
| blank_name = Irish Grid Reference
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Lissycasey ({{Irish place name|Lios Uí Chathasaigh|ringfort of the Caseys}}) is a village in County Clare, Ireland.{{cite web|title=Placenames Database of Ireland|url=http://www.logainm.ie/1412564.aspx|publisher=Dublin City University|accessdate=4 December 2014}} It forms one half of the parish of Clondegad-Kilchrist. The village straddles the N68 Ennis-Kilrush road for some 3.5 km. The area stretches east–west from Caherea to Crown and north–south from Frure North to Cloncolman. Lissycasey were Clare county champions in football in 2007 and won the Cusack Cup that year.{{cite web|title=Honours|url=http://www.lissycaseygaa.com/honours.htm|publisher=Lissycasey GAA Club|accessdate=4 December 2014}}
The Roman Catholic parish of Ballynacally (Clondegad) encompasses Ballynacally, Lissycasey and Ballycorick, and is part of the Diocese of Killaloe.{{cite web|url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/ballynacally-clondegad/|accessdate=2014-03-03|publisher=Diocese of Killaloe|title=Ballynacally (Clondegad)}}
Sword of O'Neill
In 1881, foreign publications reported that two men digging a drain near Lissycasey discovered an iron clasped chest laying on which was a large sword engraved with the name O'Neill. The men assumed it to be a coffin and reported the discovery to the police. The box was opened by the police and found it was full of gold coins of an ancient date.{{cite book|title=Donahoe's Magazine|date=1882|publisher=T.B. Noonan & Company|location=Boston|page=152|edition=Volume 6}}{{cite news|title=A Chest of Gold|issue=Third Edition|publisher=New York Evening Telegram|date=14 May 1881}}{{cite news|title=Page 3, Column 2|publisher=The Centaur, London|date=21 May 1881}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.lissycaseygaa.com/index.htm Lissycasey GAA Club]
{{County Clare}}
Category:Towns and villages in County Clare
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