Portmuck

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Portmuck
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Portmuck harbour in 2007
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Postcode district BT40
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Portmuck (from Irish : Port Muc, meaning "port/harbour of pigs") [1] is a townland of 235 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Islandmagee and the historic barony of Belfast Lower. [2]

Irish language Gaelic language spoken in Ireland and by Irish people

Irish is a Goidelic language of the Celtic languages family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Irish originated in Ireland and was historically spoken by Irish people throughout Ireland. Irish is spoken as a first language in substantial areas of counties Galway, Kerry, Cork and Donegal, smaller areas of Waterford, Mayo and Meath, and a few other locations, and as a second language by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers across the country.

A townland is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin, pre-dating the Norman invasion, and most have names of Irish Gaelic origin. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey. The total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands, mainly small islands.

County Antrim Place in Antrim, Northern Ireland

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The townland has given its name to a little island just off the coast called Isle of Muck, [1] which is a nature reserve.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Portmuck". Place Names NI. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Portmuck". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

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