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Gort na bhFán
genitive: Ghort na bhFán
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Gortnawaun
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"Pinkman: Gort-na-bhFán = Field of the sloping hills. This is one of the most northern townlands in Kiltubrid Parish. It lies near the top of Slieve-an-Ierin. "
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"Arch. Inventory Cave. ‘Pollticoghlan.’ In a slight hollow in an upland valley. A N-S stream terminates at a rock-cut gully with a swallow-hole at its S end. It was the focus of an outing on Pulty Sunday or Garland Sunday, the last Sunday in July into the 20th century as part of a celebration of Lughnasa (230). "
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1622 |
Gartnevane
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CPR Leathanach: 530a
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1655 |
Gortneuane
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1660c |
Gortnevane
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BSD Leathanach: 49
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1666 |
Gortnevane
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ASE Leathanach: 51
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1685 |
Gorteran
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1833 |
Gortnawane
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TAB Leathanach: 67, Nóta: (61:16/11) innéacs
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1836 |
Gortnawane
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1836 |
Gurtnawane
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1836 |
Gortnawaun
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1836 |
Gortnafinane
'wrong'
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1836 |
Gort na bhfán
'field of the slopes'
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1836 |
Gortnawaun
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