Lisryan is a rural townland in the middle of County Longford, far enough from everywhere that it stays quiet. There is not much here — a crossroads, the R395 road running through, and the kind of stillness that comes from being small and not trying to be otherwise.
The nearest real towns are Granard (5 km north) and Edgeworthstown (8 km south-west). Both have pubs and shops. Lisryan does not. It is a place to pass through, or to stop if you want to see what a place with no agenda looks like.
Just outside the village is Coolamber Manor — a large country house on 150 acres. It was a drug rehabilitation centre for a time. Its doors are now closed. The house sits there, quiet, on its own ground.
On the R395 between Granard (5 km north) and Edgeworthstown (8 km south-west). Dublin is 2h 15m. Sligo is 1h 45m.
No direct service. Bus Éireann 111 stops in Granard (5 km north). Iarnród Éireann stops in Edgeworthstown (8 km south-west) on the Dublin–Sligo line.