Port Líona/Portleen

OSI Irish OSI English OSI Digital Globe OpenStreetMap BROWSE

Hierarchy

townland

Port Líona

genitive: Phort Líona

non-validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Portleen

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

municipal district

Leitir Ceanainn–Baile na nGallóglach/Letterkenny–Milford

civil parish

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

electoral division

Loch Caol/Loughkeel

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

bank of – ?

Ní léir céard is bunús leis an dara focal san ainm seo. Léiríonn na tagairtí stairiúla go raibh guta ag deireadh an fhocail sin agus is mó an seans gurb é líona atá ann (ón mbriathar líon “fill” nó ón ainmfhocail líon “net”, b’fhéidir (FGB)). Ní féidir an t-ainm pearsanta Clíona a chur as an áireamh, áfach. Thacódh na foirmeacha ón Down Survey (Portcleane) le Port Chlíona (“the bank of Clíona”), ach níl aon tagairt a chuireann c tosaigh in iúl atá neamhspleách ón bhfoinse sin. Dá bharr sin, is mó an seans gur botún tras-scríofa atá sna foirmeacha sin, agus go mba cheart iad a léamh mar *Porteleane. (JÓG, Lúnasa 2026)
English

port of – ?

The origin of the second word in this name is not clear. The historical forms indicate that there was a vowel at the end of that word, and it seems most likely that they represent líona (perhaps related to the verb líon “fill” or the noun líon “net”, (FGB)). The personal name Clíona must also be considered, however. The historical forms from the Down Survey (Portcleane) indicate that the original form of the name was Port Chlíona (“the bank of Clíona”). There are no forms independent of the Down Survey indicating an initial c, however. It is probable then that those forms in the Down survey contain a scribal error and should be read as *Porteleane. (JÓG August 2026)

Centrepoint

55.0614, -7.73426latitude, longitude

Irish Grid (with letter)

Computing...

Irish Grid (without letter)

Computing...

Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)

Computing...

Historical references

1609	Portelemagh the said parishe are two quarters of land, the one called busshop’s court, uppon which the busshop ought to dwell himself, and thother called Portelemagh which hath 'auncientlie bene inhabited by the sept of Owen sallagh O’Donill	Inq. Ult. App. Inquisitiones Ultoniæ, Appendix Bliain: 1609, Nóta: Appendix I–VII: Tailte eaglasta i gcontaetha AM, TE,Do, DG, FM, Ca Appendix IX–XII Escheated Lands not granted to the Bishops......, Pubref: His Majestie's Printers, Dublin 1829, Teideal iomlán: Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariæ Hiberniæ Asservatum Repertorium, Vol. II (Ultonia)
1654	Bishopps Court and Portlena	CS III Leathanach: 122 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Portleyn	CS III Leathanach: 96 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Portleyna	CS III Leathanach: 96 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655c	Portcleane	DS (P, TCD) #29276 [DS (par. TCD)] Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1655	Portcleane	DS (Terr., TCD) Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1659	Portline	Cen. Leathanach: 59 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1665	Portlyna	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1775	Portleen	Frizell TCD 1775, Richard Frizell. Maps of the estate of the College of the holy and undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth in the kingdom of Ireland, 1775.
1835	Portleen	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Portleen	Cochrane, Mr:AL (DG) Cochrane, J.,Mr (Agent to Earl of Leitrim), faisnéiseoir in AL, Barúntacht Chill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Kilmacrenan Barony, Co. Donegal.
1835	Port Lín	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
1835	Portcleane	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1835	Portcleana	DS Ref.:AL DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1835	Portleen	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1937	Port Lín Tá dhá charraic 'na seasú ag Port Lín os cionn Loch Feáirne [Loch Fern]. Sa t-sean-am cuireadh síos 'na locha iad 7 bhí siad ar ais san áit chéanna lá arna bhárach.	CBÉ 0398, 0288 Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann
1970	purtˈliːᵊn	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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.

Permanent link

https://www.logainm.ie/15936.aspx

Further information about this place

Geonames

Folklore

The National Folklore Collection (dúchas.ie) contains material related to this place:

The Schools’ Collection (1937⁠–1939)