BROWSE
townland
Drom Cromáin
genitive: Dhrom Cromáin
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Appletown
(English)

Other names

Gort an Mhuine
genitive: Ghort an Mhuine
historical name (What is this?)
(Irish)

Glossary

droim, drom
English ridge
gort, gart
English field
English thicket

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    ridge of (the) bending feature
    Tá fobhríonna le cromán. 'Appletown otherwise Gortaviny' ainm eile ar an áit seo i ngníomhas talún dar dáta 1780; ní léir cad é seo ina iomláine -- Gort an Mhuine, b'fhéidir

  • English

    ridge of (the) bending feature
    The word cromán has a number of secondary meanings. 'Appletown otherwise Gortaviny' appears in a land deed of 1780; what this second name represents is unclear -- Gort an Mhuine, perhaps

Centrepoint

52.3856, -8.98153latitude, longitude
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