townland

English

Etymology

town +‎ land

Noun

townland (plural townlands)

  1. (Ireland) An Irish geographical unit of land, smaller than a parish.
    • 1903, George Moore, “Home Sickness” in The Untilled Field, London: T. Fisher Unwin, p. 158,
      […] they walked round the lake, for the townland was at the back of the demesne […]
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