BROWSE
townland
Gort an Mhóta
genitive: Ghort an Mhóta
(Irish)
Gortavoata
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
English moat, earthen embankment

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the field of the moat

    Baile fearainn beag bídeach (3 acra) suite mar a bheadh oileán i ndeisceart bf Mion Droichid (#27810). Déanann an Fardal Seandálaíochta tagairt do nóta an Chorragánaigh ‘there was a moat [here], but it was small, and is now nearly blotted out’ in History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory II 134.

Centrepoint

52.9586, -7.62177latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1838
Gurthavotha
BS:AL Leathanach: La046,46
1838
Gort a' mhóta, 'field of the moat'
OD:AL Leathanach: La046,46
1838
Gort a mhóta
"Gort a wothar" [scriosta]
pl:AL Leathanach: La046,46
1838
Gortavoata
"i.e. Moat-field" [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: La046,46

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