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- Gaeilge
the town of the mill
Garraí an Ghoirt an t-ainm in Civil Survey (1655 'Mill of Garrigortt'), de réir dealraimh; Gort Bhaile an Mhuilinn an fhoirm in Book of Survey and Distribution (1660c 'Gortnallenvullen' [leg. 'Gortvallenvullen']) - English
the town of the mill
The form found in the Civil Survey (1655 'Mill of Garrigortt') appears to contain the Irish name Garraí an Ghoirt, 'the garden of the field'; Gort Bhaile an Mhuilinn, 'the field of the mill', is found in the Book of Survey and Distribution (1660c 'Gortnallenvullen' [leg. 'Gortvallenvullen'])
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