BROWSE
townland
Gort an Treasca
genitive: Ghort an Treasca
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Gortatresk
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field

Explanatory note

  • English

    the field of the refuse, leavings

Centrepoint

54.2243, -8.22698latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌgortəˈtrɛsk
Áit.
ˌgortnəˈtrɛsk
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-a’-Treasca = Field of the refuse or chaff. Triosc, treasc, treasca, refuse, chaff, brewer’s grains "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Rath. Towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin (92). Enclosure. On flat low-lying ground circumscribed by a stream adjacent W-N (150). "
Nóta
1655
Gortatreskie
DS
1660c
Gortatrosy
BSD Leathanach: 62
1685
Gortetrasty
Hib. Del.
1817
Gortatresk
Larkin
1835
Gortnatresgin
TAB Leathanach: 28, 62 (60:16/7)
1836
Gortatrisque
BS:AL
1836
Gartatresk
Larkin (Li)
1836
Gort a treise
Orme, M.:AL
1836
Gortatrisque
Shanley, J.:AL
1836
Gortrisk
S&V:AL
1836
Gurtnatrusk
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Gortatresky
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Gortatreskie
DS Map:AL
1836
Gort a traisc
[na litreacha 'ei' ós cionn an 'a' deireanach]
pl:AL
1836
Gort a tseasga,
'field of the grams'
OD:AL
1836
Gortatresk
OD:AL

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