An Gort/Gort

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Hierarchy

townland

An Gort

genitive: an Ghoirt

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(Irish)

Gort

(English)

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Glossary

gort, gart

English field

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Liatroim/Leitrim

civil parish

Cill Tachúrc/Kiltoghert

Centrepoint

53.9197, -8.0485latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
	DG, Ga, Do, ME, TE	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Gort = A field, Gort, is usually applied to a tilled field, it is often glossed ‘hortus’ and Colgan translates it ‘praedium’. The word enters into about 1200 place-names. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory Rath. Towards the top of a low rise (150). Enclosure. On the S-facing slope of a rise c.300m from the left bank fo the River Shannon (150). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1836	Gort	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Gort 'a field'	Mc Donough, I.:AL Mc Donough, I., faisnéiseoir in AL
1836	Gortoony	Rowley Map:AL Rowley Map, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Gort	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Gort 'a garden, or cultivated 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
1836	Gort	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
1836	[Gort] "…contains many detached cabins and a fort…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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