Gort na Cloiche

Gort na Cloiche—literally field of the stone—reflects the townland's topography and nomenclature preserved in Irish. Gortnaclohy is a 1,042-acre townland in the Creagh civil parish, West Carbery barony, situated on the southern coast of County Cork. The name appears in historical records from the early 17th century onward, with variant spellings including Gortnocloghe, Gortneclogh, and Gortnycl...