placenamesPortraine
Port Reachrann
Lewis described sea-cut openings in the parish coast and a well called Clink.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Port Reachrann · Irish · main form · validated name
- Portraine · English · main form
Place & story
The coast in 1837
Samuel Lewis recorded a varied rocky shoreline in Portraine parish in 1837, with red sandstone, limestone, conglomerates and several other rock types. He described large openings worn into the coastal rocks by the sea, one containing a freshwater well called Clink. Inland, Portrane House stood in a deer-stocked demesne of 420 acres. Its plantations attracted his attention because they flourished despite the exposed coastal position. These are descriptions of the parish landscape at that date, rather than an account of present access or surviving features. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Coordinates
- 53.49241, -6.06928
- Mapped area
- 9.35 km²
- Logainm ID
- 874 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Portraine. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Portrane, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.