Lismore (Ireland)
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ N , 7 ° 56 ′ W
Lismore ( Irish : Lios Mór, older Lios Mór Mochuda ; that is, "Mochuda's great enclosure") is a town in County Waterford in the south of the Republic of Ireland .
history
Lismore was founded by Saint Mochuda (Old Irish Mo Chutu mac Fínaill ), also known as Carthach of Lismore (~ 555-637). In the year 635 or 636 Mochuda founded a monastery there, the school of which gained national importance. Lismore became a bishopric before the Rathbreasail Synod in 1111. The Saint Mochutu Cathedral , now used as the bishopric of the Church of Ireland, dates back to the 13th century, but was later rebuilt several times.
Lismore Castle is located on the site of the former monastery . The Archbishop of Armagh Cellach Mac Aodh , who died in Ardpatrick in 1129, was buried in Lismore according to his will in his will. The eminent polymath Robert Boyle was born there in 1627 and the Book of Lismore , a manuscript from the early 15th century, was rediscovered in 1814 .
In September 2006, the International Astronomical Union named a crater in Chryse Planitia on Mars after the city.
Geography and traffic
Lismore is west of County Waterford, near the County Cork border , on the River Blackwater on the N72 between Dungarvan and Fermoy (where the N72 meets the N8 to Cork City ). A regional road connects Lismore with the northeastern Clonmel on the N24. During Census 2016 1374 people lived in Lismore (with close surrounding areas).
Culture
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival is held annually in Lismore .
Town twinning
Lismore is partnered with Lismore, New South Wales , Australia.
Personalities
- Robert Boyle (1627–1692), naturalist, philosopher and theologian
- Edmund Duggan (1862–1938), Australian actor and playwright
literature
- Peter Galloway: The Cathedrals of Ireland . The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast 1992, ISBN 0-85389-452-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ^ So in the "Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)" (accessed on February 27, 2009)
- ↑ See James F. Kenney : The sources for the early history of Ireland: Ecclesiastical , ISBN 1-85182-115-5 , p. 468 ff.
- ↑ See Galloway, pp. 166-168.
- ↑ Lismore. In: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved July 31, 2016 . Names Approved for 31 Craters on Mars. September 20, 2006, accessed July 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Lismore (agglomeration) on citypopulation.de, accessed on October 7, 2017
