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

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
log, lag
English hollow

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

53.9335, -7.84727latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Ga Gan chárta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-na-log = Field of the hollows. Log, a hollow or a pit; Log-na-Sionna, the Shannon pot, - where the River Shannon rises. Ballygortnalug: It is now called Gortnalug, but the old name was Ballygortnalug."
Nóta
"Arch. Survey Enclosure (site). In pasture in a low-lying position (151)."
Nóta
1585
Balligartenlege
F Leathanach: 4794
1585
?Gortnelege
F Leathanach: 4800
1590
Ballegortologe
F Leathanach: 5441
1619
?Gortnalug
CPR Leathanach: 445b
1834
Ballygortnalug
TAB Leathanach: 8, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap
1836
Ballygortnaclug
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Gortnalug
BS:AL
1836
Ballygortnalug
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Baile Ghoirt na lug
pl:AL
1836
Baile Goirt na lug, 'town of the gort of hollows'
'g-clog' [in áit] 'lug' [scriosta]
OD:AL
1836
Ballygortnalug
OD (corr.):AL

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