BROWSE
townland
Gort na Con Rua
genitive: Ghort na Con Rua
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Gortknockaneroe
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
rua, ruadh
English red; red place

Centrepoint

52.1853, -8.95259latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1615
Gortnycowroe
CPR Leathanach: 285-b
1737
Gortnaconroe
CGn. Leathanach: 89.202.62838
1744
Gurtnaconroe
CGn. Leathanach: 114.367.79261
1781
Gurtnaconroe
CEP Leathanach: XXVI, 78.4.2
1809
Gortnaconroe
Cl. Par. Rec. CCR Leathanach: II, 242
1811
Gortknockanroe
Bath
1827
Gurthnaconroe
(s.n. Eliza McAuliffe)
K.turk Bapt. Leathanach: (p. 5008)
1827
Gurtnacouroe (innéacs)
TAB Leathanach: 117
1840
Gurtknockaunrua
BS:AL
1840
gort a chnocáin ruadh
EC:AL
1840
Field of the red hillock
OD:AL
1840
Gurtnacunroe
Ryan, Rev. J.:AL
1840
Gurtnaconroe
Smith, G.:AL
1937-8
Gorthnockanrue
BNS Leathanach: 353.544

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