The McIntyres come from the townland of Lislea, in the civil parish of Kilmacteige, barony of Leyny, Poor Law Union of Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland. Townlands are the smallest of the governmental administrative land districts and their names are frequently taken from physical characteristics of the area such as ruins of churches and forts or clan and family surnames. Lislea means Grey Fort. In Lewis'
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837, the whole parish of Kilmacteige had only 7,654 inhabitants. It states the parish "comprises 10,550 statute acres; about half of the parish is arable and pasture; the reminder is mountain land, with some bog." Lislea is listed in the
Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland, 1851, as being 367 statute acres in size, or approximately one-twenty-eighth the size of the whole civil parish of Kilmacteige.
Griffith's Valuation of Ireland published County Sligo's information in 1843 listing both Patrick and Michael McEntire as living on "Aclare Road to Tobercurry, Lislea." This map is reproduced from the Griffith's map with the location of the McIntyre farm highlighted in yellow.
The McIntyres come from the townland of Lislea, in the civil parish of Kilmacteige, barony of Leyny, Poor Law Union of Tobercurry, County Sligo, Ireland. Townlands are the smallest of the governmental administrative land districts and their names are frequently taken from physical characteristics of the area such as ruins of churches and forts or clan and family surnames. Lislea means Grey Fort. In Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837, the whole parish of Kilmacteige had only 7,654 inhabitants. It states the parish "comprises 10,550 statute acres; about half of the parish is arable and pasture; the reminder is mountain land, with some bog." Lislea is listed in the Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns of Ireland, 1851, as being 367 statute acres in size, or approximately one-twenty-eighth the size of the whole civil parish of Kilmacteige. Griffith's Valuation of Ireland published County Sligo's information in 1843 listing both Patrick and Michael McEntire as living on "Aclare Road to Tobercurry, Lislea." This map is reproduced from the Griffith's map with the location of the McIntyre farm highlighted in yellow.
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