BROWSE
townland
Gort na Criadh
genitive: Ghort na Criadh
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Gortnacrieve
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.3635, -8.14333latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-na-Craoibhe = Field of the branch or wide-spreading tree. That is, a wood with wide spreading branches. "
Nóta
1817
Cornacreive
Larkin
1835?
Gortnacreeve
TAB Leathanach: 1, 14, 104 (59:16/1ii)
1836
Gortnacreough
HCER 1820:AL
1836
Gortnacreev
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Gort na criabh
pl:AL
1836
Gort na criabh
'field of the clay'
OD:AL
1836
Gortnacrieve
"not creeve" [dúch]
OD:AL
2010
ˌgortnəˈkriːv
bunfhoinse Áit.

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