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Port Omna

A decorated iron hydrant records the town’s older public water supply.

Recorded locationPortumna53.09323° N · 8.21931° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

portport, bank, fort

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 Omna · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Portumna · English · main form

Place & story

Water from the street hydrant

A cast-iron hydrant on Saint Brigid’s Road dates from around 1870. Its fluted shaft supports a domed top and an acorn-shaped finial. A shelf held the bucket while water was drawn, with a pull handle at the side. The architectural inventory identifies it as evidence of public drinking-water provision before supplies were piped into local houses. Its decoration gave an everyday functional object a prominent street presence. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Galway
Barony
Longford
Civil parish
Lickmolassy
Coordinates
53.09323, -8.21931
Mapped area
3.29 km²
Logainm ID
21249 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

247People recorded
26Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • M 23
  • C 19
  • Callanan 12
  • B 11
  • H 11
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Portumna. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Portumna water hydrant, registration30343001, Galway survey2008 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.