BROWSE
townland
Gort na gCarn
genitive: Ghort na gCarn
(Irish)
Gortnagarn
(English)

Glossary

English cairn, pile of rocks
gort, gart
English field

Centrepoint

54.3397, -8.33543latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Cf. TE
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-na-gCarn = Field of the cairns. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Mass-rock (site). On the E bank of a N-S stream at the bottom of a steep W-facing slope in mixed woodland. Known locally as a place where Mass was celebrated, but there is no evidence of a mass-rock (197). House (sites). At the E edge of a broad plateau in rough pasture, sheltering beneath rock outcrop (229). "
Nóta
1622
Gortnegarne
CPR Leathanach: 536b
1817
Gortnagran
Larkin
1835?
?Gortinagorne
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs (59:16/2)
1835?
Gortnagorn
TAB Leathanach: 47, 49 (59:16/2)
1836
Gortnagorna
BS:AL
1836
Gortnagran
Larkin (Li)
1836
Gurtnagarn
Bar. Cons.:AL
1836
Gort na gcrann
'from its formerly abounding in trees'
Orme, M.:AL
1836
Gortnagarn
Park:AL
1836
Gortnagarn
Cullen, D.:AL
1836
Gortnagarne
Brassington:AL
1836
Gortnagarna
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Gort na g-carn
'right'
pl:AL
1836
Gort na gcarn
'field of the carns, or heaps'
OD:AL
1836
Gortnagarn
OD:AL

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