BROWSE
townland
Loch Goir
genitive: Loch Goir
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Loughgur
(English)

Glossary

English lake; inlet

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the lake of Go(i)r
    Ní léir brí Go(i)r (< Ga(i)r); féach Uí Fhir Ghair, (‘Húi Fhir-Gair' in Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae 399) agus bf, par. An Úir Ghearr

  • English

    the lake of Go(i)r
    The meaning of Go(i)r (< Ga(i)r) is unclear; see Uí Fhir Ghair, (‘Húi Fhir-Gair' in Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae 399) and the townland, parish name An Úir Ghearr / Uregare

Centrepoint

52.5147, -8.51262latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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