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Hierarchy

townland

Port

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

An Cabhán/Cavan

barony

Teallach Eathach/Tullyhaw

civil parish

Teampall an Phoirt/Templeport

electoral division

An Bábhún Buí/Bawnboy

Centrepoint

54.1034, -7.66289latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1836	[Port] "The soil is light yellow clay intermixed with sand stone...The townland is bounded on the W. side by a large lake, on the E. bank of which is situated the parish church. It is a handsome mod[...] building to which is attached a graveyard in which nearly all the Protestant inhabitants are buried. There is an island belonging to this townland near the centre of the lake (see description at the end of the book)." [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca060,14 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Port, 'a bank'	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca060,14 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Port	BS:AL Leathanach: Ca060,14 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Purt	Co. List 1790:AL Leathanach: Ca060,14 Co. List 1790, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Porte	DS:AL Leathanach: Ca060,14 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Port	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca060,14 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838

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