Gort an Mhúraigh/Moorfield

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Hierarchy

townland

Gort an Mhúraigh

genitive: Ghort an Mhúraigh

(Irish)

Moorfield

(English)

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Glossary

gort, gart

English field

Hierarchy

county

Cill Dara/Kildare

barony

Connail/Connell

civil parish

Baile Mhuiris an Bhiolair/Morristownbiller

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the field of An Múrach
An Múrach — sloinne (< Moore)

Is é an sloinne Sasanach Moore atá san ainm seo agus níl aon bhaint aige leis an sloinne Gaelach Ó Móra (< Ó Mórdha) ná leis an ainmfhocal Béarla moor ‘móin’ (féach http://maps.epa.ie). Ponsonby Moore, as Baile Héil i gcontae Chill Chainnigh, de shliocht na Múrach a raibh an teideal ‘Iarlaí Dhroichead Átha’ acu, a chuir faoi sa bhaile fearainn seo timpeall 1750 (‘Gigginstown’ ag an am) agus a thug ainm dó.
English

the field of An Múrach
An Múrach — surname (< Moore)

This name contains the English surname Moore and is unconnected with the Irish surname Ó Móra (< Ó Mórdha) or the English noun moor “peaty expanse, &c.” (see http://maps.epa.ie). Ponsonby Moore, from Ballyhale in county Kilkenny, of the family of Moores who held the title ‘Earls of Drogheda’, settled in this townland around the year 1750 (then called ‘Gigginstown’) and gave it its new name.

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53.1717, -6.80585latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1778	Moorefield (Honble Moore)	T&S Leathanach: 96 Taylor & Skinner, Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777. Foilsiodh an leabhar seo i 1778. Bliain: 1778, Pubref: leabhar de mhapaí
1812	Moore-field	Leet II Leathanach: 117 Ambrose Leet. Directory of Postal Towns, second ed. (1814)
1827	Moorfield; Moorefield	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1837	Moorfield	BS:AL Leathanach: 1,50 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	Moorfield	Nowlan, T. Rev.:AL Leathanach: 1,50 Nowlan, T. Rev.:AL
1837	Moorfield	Divine:AL Leathanach: 1,50 Divine:AL
1837	Moorfield	Langford, Rev.:AL Leathanach: 1,50 Langford, Rev.:AL
1837	Moorfield	Stat. Survey (CD):AL Leathanach: 1,50 Rawson Stat. Survey Kildare 1807:AL
1837	Moorefield	School register:AL Leathanach: 1,50 School register a luaitear sna hainmleabhair. Bliain: 1837
1837	Mooretowne	pl:AL Leathanach: 1,50 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1837	Moorfield	OD:AL Leathanach: 1,50 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
1837	Moorefield House, a handsome mansion, is the residence of Ponsonby Moore	Top. Dict. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 393 S. Lewis. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland I-II (1837)
2009-2010	ˈmuːrfiːld	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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