It is located five miles (8 kilometres) south of Mullingar and lies at the southern end of Lough Ennell.

[2] Lilliput is one of 11 townlands in the civil parish of Dysart, in the Barony of Moycashel.

[3] Lilliput is associated with Jonathan Swift, writer of Gulliver's Travels.

This was the inspiration for the diminutive Lilliputians, who feature in his most famous book Gulliver's Travels.

[4] There is also an early Christian association, in that St. Patrick's sister, Lupita, is known to the Lilliput area, which may also recall her name.