BROWSE
townland
Gort na Carraige
genitive: Ghort na Carraige
(Irish)
Gortnacargy
(English)

Glossary

English rock
gort, gart
English field

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.1191, -7.70762latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1836
Gortnacorrigga
["Corrected list of BS"];
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
Gortnacaragy
BM:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
Gortnacragy
CM:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
Gort na carraige, 'field of the rock'
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
Gortnacargy
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
[Gortnacargy]
"The soil is light, being intermixed with limestone...the townland is bounded on the S. side by a large lake." [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
Gortincarge
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82
1836
Gortnacargy
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca058,82

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