BROWSE
townland
Gob an Dorais
genitive: Ghob an Dorais
(Irish)
Gubadorris
(English)

Glossary

English point, headland

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.8246, -7.80498latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌgobəˈdɪriʃ , ˌgobəˈdorɪʃ
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gob-a’-Doruis = Point of the doorway or entrance. Gubadorris, in the south of Gortletteragh Parish, is a point of land running from Fearglass Church to the Co. Longford border."
Nóta
1836
Gob a dorais, 'beak or point of the door'
"The termination 'dorris' certainly occurs before. Lough through the indexes." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL
1836
Gob a dorais
'mouth of the door or of the boundary'
dúch:AL
1836
Gubb a dorus
'the door mouth'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Gobadoris
S&V:AL
1836
Gubbadurrish
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Gubadorris
OD (corr.):AL

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