Gort Lomán/Barefield or Gortlumman

OpenStreetMap OSI Irish OSI English OSI Digital Globe BROWSE

Hierarchy

townland

Gort Lomán

genitive: Ghort Lomán

(Irish)

Barefield or Gortlumman

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

gort, gart

English field

Hierarchy

county

An Clár/Clare

barony

Bun Raite Uachtarach/Bunratty Upper

civil parish

Teampall Uí Mháille/Templemaley

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

field of (the) bare trees?
Bhí an consan deiridh leathan ag cainteoirí dúchasacha a taifeadadh timpeall 1960, cé go dtabharfadh foirmeacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (1839) an t-ainm Gort Lomáin le fios. Tá bríonna éagsúla leis an ainmfhocal lomán
English

field of (the) bare trees?
Native Irish speakers interviewed in the 1960s in the course of field work stated that the last consonant was broad (implying the genitive plural), although the Irish forms collected by the Ordnance Survey (1839) suggest Gort Lomáin (genitive singular). The word lomán has several meanings

Centrepoint

52.8831, -8.94547latitude, longitude

Irish Grid (with letter)

Computing...

Irish Grid (without letter)

Computing...

Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)

Computing...

Historical references

1742	Gortloum	CGn. Leathanach: 112.9.76078 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1751	Barefield otherwise Gortlumon	CGn. Leathanach: 145.531.99882 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1839	Bearfield	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1839	Gortlummin, Bearfield	Local:AL Foirm in úsáid áitiúil / Finné nó úsáid áitiúil de réir AL Bliain: 1832-38
1839	Gort Lomain	pl:AL Ó Comhraí Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1839	Gort Lomain, Lomond's garden or field	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838

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.