BROWSE
townland
Gort Leitreach
genitive: Ghort Leitreach
(Irish)
Gortletteragh
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
leitir, leitreach
English hillside

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.8829, -7.81843latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Archival records

scanned image

Historical references

ˌgortˈlɛtrə , ˌgɑrtˈletəɾə
Nóta
DG Gan chárta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-Leitreach = Field of the wet hillside. Leitir, genitive Leitre and Leitreach, means the side of a hill, a wet or spewy hillside (O’Donovan). In 1861 there were 930 Catholic families in the parish with a Catholic population of 4,834. Now in 1941, the population is exactly half that figure! In the same year, 1861, there were 69 Protestant families and a population of 329."
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory Rath. In a low-lying position (81)."
Nóta
" NÓM: Gort Leitreach, ‘66"
Nóta
1628
Gortlitteragh
Inq. Leathanach: 164
c1660
Gartletragh
BSD Leathanach: 34
c1660
Gortleteragh
BSD Leathanach: 22
1667
Gortlitteragh
ASE Leathanach: 136
1685
Gortellattera
Hib. Del.
1836
Gort leitreach,
'field of the spewy hillside'
OD:AL
1836
Gort leitre,
'moist field or garden'
dúch:AL
1836
Gortle traigh,
'the starved strand'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Gortleteragh
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Gortlitragh
S&V:AL
1836
Gorlleltra
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Gorttiragh
CM:AL
1836
Gortletra
Walsh:AL
1836
Gortletra
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Gortlittra
HCER 1820:AL
1836
Gorttletteragh
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Gortletteragh
DS Map:AL
1836
Gortletteragh
OD:AL
1837
Gortlitera
Top. Dict. Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 379

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm