Information about Derrygowna Road

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Derrygowna Road
Irish Form of Name:
Doire Gamhna
Translation:
oak wood of the milch cows
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Derrygowna Road
Doire Gamhna
Derragowna Road Local
Comment:
Only a path from hill to hill. A mere path, broken up, not inserted on plan.
Description:
An old road leading from Oughterard to Clifden. It is now almost imperceptible none of it to be recognized but from Leam to Illeny and from Ard? to Lurgan.