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

Glossary

gort, gart
English field
ráth, ráith
English ring-fort

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9318, -7.8153latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌgortnəˈɾɑː , ˌgɑrtnəˈrɑː
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gort-na-Rátha = Field of the rath or fort."
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory Gortnalougher/Gortnarah Enclosure. At the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin (151)."
Nóta
1622
?*Gortnedaragh
CPR Leathanach: 514b
1655
Anaghbromhagan
DS
c1660
Annaghbromhagan
BSD Leathanach: 24
<s>c1660<s>
<s>Gortnacranagh<s>
BSD Leathanach: <s>22<s>
c1661
Annaghbromhagan
BSD Leathanach: 33
<s>1667<s>
<s>?Gortnecrannagh<s>
ASE Leathanach: 136
1685
Anabromhagan
Hib. Del.
<s>1685<s>
<s>?Gortnacrana<s>
Hib. Del.
1836
Gort naire
'field of shame'
dúch:AL
1836
Gort na ratha
'field of the fort'
OD:AL
1836
Gort na dairra
'the starved oak'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Gortnaraw
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Gortnara
CM:AL
1836
Gurtneraw
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Gortnarah
OD:AL

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