placenamesGortavoy Bridge
Gort an Bheathaigh
The Pomeroy locality appears in a report of a failed Volunteer rendezvous.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Gort an Bheathaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gortavoy Bridge · English · main form
Place & story
An unsuccessful rendezvous
William John Kelly recalled travelling with Albert Tally to Gortavoy near Pomeroy in May or June 1918. They were to meet Jack Shields and men from Benburb before a planned attack on Broughderg RIC barracks. After waiting for several hours, they returned home. Kelly blamed the failed meeting on poor organisation among the Volunteers. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Dungannon Middle
- Civil parish
- Pomeroy
- Within
- Gortavoy
- Coordinates
- 54.56410, -6.88680 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 135073 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gortavoy Bridge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bureau of Military History W.S.893 — page8 · William John Kelly junior; Military Archives
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.