BROWSE
townland
Gort na Sceach
genitive: Ghort na Sceach
(Irish)
Gortnaskeagh
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
sceach, sceich, sceith
English hawthorn, thorn-bush

Centrepoint

54.297, -8.2406latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
"Gortnaskagh: Cl, Lm: Gort na Sceiche DG, Ci "
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-na-Sceach = Field of the white-thorns"
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Rath. On a NE-facing slope. Rath. On a natural rise at the NW-facing foothills of Benbo Mountain. Rath. On a hillock at the NW-facing foothills of Benbo Mountain. Boihy/Cloonaquin/Gortnaskeagh: Cairn. On one of the peals of Benbo Mountain (15). "
Nóta
1660c
Gortneskeagh
BSD Leathanach: 72
1731
Gortneskhey
CGn. Leathanach: 67.455.46765
1817
Gortnaskea
Larkin
1834
Gortnaskeagh
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 49 (60:16/3)
1836
Gortnaskea
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Gurtnaskaigh
BS:AL
1836
Gortnaskea
Larkin (Li)
1836
Gort na Scaighidhe
Orme, M.:AL
1836
Gurtnaskaagh
Cullen, D.:AL
1836
Gurtnascagh
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Gort na sgeach, sgeaigh
pl:AL
1836
Gort na sgeach
'field of the briers'
OD:AL
1836
Gortnaskeagh
OD:AL

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