School: Lios na mBroc (roll number 11453)
- Location:
- Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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- Number of families: Eleven
Number of people: Thirty fourHouses slated: seven
Houses thatched: fourNumber of families 50 years ago: SixteenApproximate population 50 years ago: Eighty threeNumber who emigrated during the past 50 years: TwentyThe townland is known locally as "The acres". It is said that the landlord Mr. Langley brought over miners from England about 160 years ago to work the coal on his estate. He built for their accommodation 88 houses and gave them one acre each, hence the name.
There is no local tradition as to how the townland got its name.