 Lissadell is also now the name of the demesne which is attached to Lissadell House.The land was attached to Drumcliff monastery from the 6th century, and was under the Ó'Beóllán erenachs of Drumcliff.With the dissolution of the monasteries act coming into force in the west of Ireland after the Nine Years War the land was granted to Sir Paul Gore, a cavalry officer in the Elizabethan army.