Note: Lislea, the birthplace of Patrick McIntyre is a Townland in the Civil Parish of Kilmacteige. The following is an excerpt from Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837. Given the time frame in which it is written, the description of the area should be similar to what Patrick McIntyre and Bridget Stevens encountered when they lived in Ireland.
Kilmacteigue,
a parish, in the barony of Leney, county of Sligo, and province of Connaught, 6 miles (N.E.) from Foxford, on the road to Ballymote; containing 7,654 inhabitants. It comprises 10,550 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. About half the parish is arable and pasture; the remainder is mountain land, with some bog; agriculture is improving. There are some quarries of limestone, which is principally procured for building and repairing the roads. Iron ore from the mountains was smelted at Foxford until the wood used for fuel was exhausted. Fine salmon are taken in the river Moy. Lough Talt is situated in the midst of high mountains, on which large flocks of goats, &c., feed in summer; it is about a mile long, well stocked with small trout, and contains two small rocky islands, which in summer are covered with gulls....
The R. C. [Roman Catholic] parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church [Church of England], and has chapels at Kilmacteigue and Barrintogher. There are three public schools, to one of which Mr. Jones has given an acre of land, and in which about 300 children are educated; also a private school, in which are about 70 children, and a Sunday school.
Source: Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Post Towns, Parishes, and Villages. London: 1837. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1995. Volume II, page 167.
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