People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Polladirk River

Irish Form of Name:

Poll a Dirc

Translation:

hole of the cavern

Civil Parish:

Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Polladirk River
[Pouladirk changed to Polladirk]
Poll a Dirc
Poul a dirk river Inhabitants

Description:

This river is about five feet wide at its source gradually widening to 20 or 30 feet. It receives Srughaun Glan-corabet, Srughaun na Greagh, Srughaun Loughaun a Veagh and several other streams. It is a rapid river, has a sandy bottom. It has no fish in it.

Situation:

Rises near the S. part of the E. boundary of Addragool runs about 1½ miles W. turns N. and falls into Daurus River.

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Poll or Poul, a hole in the ground or river or bog, an excavation, a cavern : sometimes made Pollach, like smolach, from Smol: see vol. ii. p. 5.

What is a townland?:

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:

Polladirk River is in Addergoole townland.

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Polladirk River

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Information about Polladirk River

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Townland Information

Information From Maps