BROWSE
townland
Gort an Doire
genitive: Ghort an Doire
(Irish)
Gortaderry
(English)

Glossary

English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket
gort, gart
English field

Centrepoint

54.3935, -8.47123latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Gortaderry
Gortaderry in Clare, Sligo, and Tipperary, and Gortadirra in Kerry; Gort-a'-doire, field of the oak grove.:
Joyce Leathanach: 371, Imleabhar: III
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
1749
Gurthaderry
Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 579
1813‒4
Gortaderry
LN Leathanach: 16 F 17 16
1830c
Gortaderry
TAB
1836
Gortaderry
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl004,23
1836
Also two forts in this townland
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Gortaderry
OD:AL
1836
Gort a doire “field of the derry or oak-wood”
OD:AL
1836
Gortaderry
Prop. Map:AL
1836
Gortaderry
Tithe Bk (Hest [Hess], Rev. C.):AL
1850
Gortaderry
CGn. Leathanach: 1850.3.117.79
1938
Gort an Doire
Elphin PN
2011
[gurtnə ˈderiː]
Áit.

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