Information about Oultort

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Oultort
Irish Form of Name:
Aball Ghort
Translation:
an orchard
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Oultort
Aball Ghort
Olltoruit
Oilthorith
Prond. Oultoort
Oilthorith Boundary Sketch Map
Oultart County Book
Oultort [name is blank] County Map
Oultort [name is blank] H. C. Survey & Val. Reports
Oulthoirth Mr. George Bethel
Oltord Mr. Rush
Comment:
Oll-ubhairt in the Co. Kilkenny. Oll-Tubhairt is the local name which means an orchard. Orchard itself is a corruption of ab chard? i.e. apple garden
Description:
A townland much intersected with ditches, it contains a considerable number of farm houses, several geavel pits, spring wells and pools, it also contains three small portions of bog.
Situation:
Bounded on the North by Caher and part of Graagakhilleen, on the West by Gurteenpaddher, on the East by Attiegara and part of Portumna – on the South by Clogernagh 2.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Oultort in Galway ; Abhaltort, a local mispronunciation of ábhalghort [oulart], an orchard : vol. i. p. 516 [reproduced below].
The apple-tree. Abhall or ubhall signifies both an apple and an apple tree: - pronounced owl or ool, and sometimes avel. The ancient Irish form, as found in the Zeuss MSS, is aball, which corresponds with the Anglo-Sax. Appel, Eng. Apple. This word enters largely into local names, and very often assumes the forms owl, ool, owle, etc. Aghowle in Wicklow is called in Irish documents Achadh-abhla, the field of the apple-trees; the same name is found in Fermanagh, in the slightly different form Aghyowle; and in Leitrim Aglylowla. Ballyhooly on the Blackwater, below Mallow, is called in the Book of Lismore, Athubhla [Ahoola], the ford of the apples; and the present name was formed by prefixing Bally: - Baila-atha-ubhla (now pronounced Blaa-hoola), the town of the apple-ford. In many places, and especially in some parts of the north, the word abhall is used in the sense of "orchard"; as, for instance, in Avalreagh in Monaghan, grey orchard; Annahavil in Londonderry and Tyrone, the marsh of the orchard. Very much the same meaning has Oola on the Limerick and Waterford railway, which preserves exactly the sound of the Irish name, Ubhla, i.e. apple-trees, or a place of apples.

Information From Griffith's Valution

Area in Acres, Roods and Perches:
A.R.P.
471 0 16
Land value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
250 1 2
Building value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
0 0 0
Total value at the time in pounds, shillings and pence:
£.s.d.
250 1 2
Heads of housholds living in the townland at this time:

Townland Information

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A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Oultort is a townland.

Information From Maps

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Oultort
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Neighbouring Townlands

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Population and Census Information

People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
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Oultort is in the civil parish of Lickmolassy.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Kilmalinoge and Lickmolassy (Portumna)
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Lickmolassy
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Information From The Landed Estates Database

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