placenamesPortaferry
Port an Pheire
Portaferry is a town in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationPortaferry54.38269° N · 5.55235° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Port an Pheire · Irish · main form · validated name
- Portaferry · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Town
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Ards Upper
- Civil parish
- Ardkeen
- Civil parish
- Ballyphilip
- Coordinates
- 54.38269, -5.55235 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 130143 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Portaferry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.