Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fortification
Lisgobban, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgobban
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- RO036-059----
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a reference to an earthen fort at Lisgobban which had been lost by Richard Mapother to Irish rebels before 1596 (Cronin 1980, 118). It was not encountered.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Cronin, T. 1980 The Elizabethan colony in Co. Roscommon. In Murtagh, H. Irish midland studies: essays in commemoration of N.W. English, 107-20. Old Athlone Society.
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