BROWSE
townland
Gort na Sceiche
genitive: Ghort na Sceiche
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Gortnaskehy
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
sceach, sceich
English hawthorn, thorn-bush

Centrepoint

52.798, -8.33975latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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Nóta
1618
Gortneskehy
CPR Leathanach: 426
1618
Gortnaskehy, Gortneskey
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: I.277
1636
Gortneskeaghy
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: II.286
1654
Gortnaschehy
CS II Leathanach: 141
1654
Gortnaskehy
CS II Leathanach: 145, 151, 166, 167
1654
Gortnyskehie
CS II Leathanach: 159
1657
Gortnaskehy
DS
1657
Gortnaskelly
DS
1657
Gortneskehy
DS
1657
Gortneskeahy
DS (P)
1659
Gortneskeahy
Cen. Leathanach: 323
c.1660
Gortnaskyhy
BSD (TÁ) Leathanach: 202
1665-1666
Gortnescehy
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 43
1666
Gortneskehy
ASE Leathanach: 139:55
1666
Gortneskehy
ASE Leathanach: 45:11
1666-1667
Gortnaskea
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 174
1685
Gortnaskehy alias Gortinaskehy
CG Leathanach: 34
1685
Gortaskehy
Hib. Del.
1778
Bush field
T&S Leathanach: 98
1840
Gurtnaskeha
BS:AL
1840
gort ... scethi
Glanta:AL
1840
Gort na sgeithe, `field of the bush'
OD:AL
1989
ˈbuʃˌfi:ld
Áit.
1989
ˌgortnəˈʃkehə
Áit.

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