BROWSE
townland
Gort na bhFán
genitive: Ghort na bhFán
(Irish)
Gortnawaun
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field

Centrepoint

54.0735, -7.96542latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-na-bhFán = Field of the sloping hills. This is one of the most northern townlands in Kiltubrid Parish. It lies near the top of Slieve-an-Ierin. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory Cave. ‘Pollticoghlan.’ In a slight hollow in an upland valley. A N-S stream terminates at a rock-cut gully with a swallow-hole at its S end. It was the focus of an outing on Pulty Sunday or Garland Sunday, the last Sunday in July into the 20th century as part of a celebration of Lughnasa (230). "
Nóta
1622
Gartnevane
CPR Leathanach: 530a
1655
Gortneuane
DS
1660c
Gortnevane
BSD Leathanach: 49
1666
Gortnevane
ASE Leathanach: 51
1685
Gorteran
Hib. Del.
1833
Gortnawane
TAB Leathanach: 67, Nóta: (61:16/11) innéacs
1836
Gortnawane
BS:AL
1836
Gurtnawane
CM:AL
1836
Gortnawaun
Buck:AL
1836
Gortnafinane
'wrong'
S&V:AL
1836
Gort na bhfán
'field of the slopes'
OD:AL
1836
Gortnawaun
OD:AL

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