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Title: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: htempleton22 on Monday 24 February 25 21:43 GMT (UK)

Could anyone help decipher this location on an 1892 death record? The header says the deaths were in the district of Tuoist and in the union of Kenmare. I'm 90% sure the first few letters are Gort- but the rest of the word doesn't match up with any locations near Tuoist or Kenmare.

Title: Re: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: SuasAnAbhainn on Monday 24 February 25 22:09 GMT (UK)

Gort na Binne

See https://www.logainm.ie/en/22843

Title: Re: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: heywood on Monday 24 February 25 22:09 GMT (UK)

Maybe Gortnabinna - Gortnabinny ?

https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/glanarought/kilcaskan/banawn/gortnabinny/

Title: Re: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: Sinann on Monday 24 February 25 22:14 GMT (UK)

I was going to suggest the same place.
The civil parish of Kilcaskan is right next to Tuoist so would be the same sub-registration district.

Title: Re: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: htempleton22 on Tuesday 25 February 25 00:02 GMT (UK)

That's definitely it! Thank you everyone for the help.

Title: Re: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Tuesday 25 February 25 07:29 GMT (UK)

Tuosist civil parish.
https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/tuosist/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5736871#map=10/51.7857/-9.6666

Title: Re: Deciphering Kenmare Location
Post by: LH on Thursday 06 March 25 07:17 GMT (UK)

Htempleton22 - as you can see from above, the spelling of a lot of place names regularly changes, so is not set in stone. Spelling for the area I live in has changed many times too.

Regards