placenamesGroomsport
Port an Ghiolla Ghruama
Groomsport is a town in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationGroomsport54.68015° N · 5.59651° 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 Ghiolla Ghruama · Irish · main form · validated name
- Groomsport · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Town
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Ards Lower
- Civil parish
- Bangor
- Coordinates
- 54.68015, -5.59651 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1416643 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Groomsport. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.