BROWSE
townland
Gort na bhFlúr
genitive: Ghort na bhFlúr
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Gurtnafleur
(English)

Glossary

gort, gart
English field

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the field of the flowers?
    flúr — foirm de plúr

  • English

    the field of the flowers?
    flúr — another form of plúr

Centrepoint

52.3618, -7.67009latitude, longitude
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1787
Gurtnafluer
CGn. Leathanach: 383.519.254767
1840
Gurtnafleur
AL
1840
Gort na fleur, 'field of the fleur?' (not understood) Some think it a fancy name and others drawing on the imagination think it a corruption of Gort na b-piléar .'field of the musket balls'.
OD:AL
1989
go̠rtnəˈflʲuːər
Áit.

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