Information about Poulatsoe

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Poulatsoe
Irish Form of Name:
Poll a t-Samha
Translation:
hole of the sorrel
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Poulatsoe
Poll a t-Samha
Poulatsoe
Description:
Is a green hill in which are about three or four acres.
Situation:
Situated at the sea shore in the N. part of Tullymore.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Poll or Poul, a hole in the ground or river or bog, an excavation, a cavern : sometimes made Pollach, like smolach, from Smol: see vol. ii. p. 5.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Poulatsoe is in Tullymore townland.