BROWSE
townland
An Gort Fada
genitive: an Ghoirt Fhada
(Irish)
Gortfadda
(English)

Glossary

English long
gort, gart
English field

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9425, -7.86703latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
"Ga, Ci, ME Gan chártaí Lm An Gort Fada"
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-Fada = Long field. ….. The Mohill-Gorvagh road passes through it, once part of the Termon of Mohill-Manchan."
Nóta
1591
Gartfadd
F Leathanach: 5545
1611
Gartfadd
CPR Leathanach: 199a
1621
Gortfadda
CPR Leathanach: 518b
1659
Gort Fadda
Cen. Leathanach: 564
c1660
Gortfadda
BSD Leathanach: 30
1802
Gortifad
Stat. Survey (Li) Leathanach: 104
1834
Gortfadda
TAB Leathanach: 54
1836
Gortfada
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Gortfada
BS:AL
1836
Gortfodda
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Gortfodda
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Gortafadda
CM:AL
1836
Gortfadda
S&V:AL
1836
Gort fada
'long garden'
OD:AL
1836
Gortfadda
OD:AL

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