Portnall Park, seat, 4 miles SW. of Egham sta.,
Surrey.

Portnascully, par., S. co. Kilkenny, on river Suir,
4 miles W. of Waterford, 2452 ac., pop. 904.

Portnasltangan, par., N. co. Westmeath, on Lough
Owel, 4 miles NAV. of Mullingar, 2727 ac., pop. 356.

Portnaspagna, small bay, near Giant’s Causeway,
N. co. Antrim; some ships of the Spanish Armada
(1588), it is said, were wrecked here.

Portnatruin, small bay, between Benban and Ben-
gore headlands, N. co. Antrim.

Portnessock Bay, Kirkmaiden par., Wigtownshire.

Portnockie, fishing vil., Rathven par., Banffshire,
.2 miles NAV. of Cullen by rail, pop. 1102; P.O., called
Porlknockie.

Portnoffer, small bay, N. co. Antrim, between the
Giant’s Causeway and Portnaspagna.

Portnoo, fishing harbour, Templecrone par., W. co.
Donegal.

Portobello, 1 mile NE. of AVillenhall sta., Stafford-
shire ; P.O.

Portobello, watering-place, pari, burgh, and quoad
sacra par., partly in South Leith par. but chiefly in
Duddiugston par., Edinburghshire, on Firth of Forth,

3 miles E. of Edinburgh by rail—quoad sacra par., pop.
4504; pari, burgh, pop. 6794; town, pop. 6926; P.O.,
T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Portobello, according to
tradition, took its name from a cottage erected there
in 1742 by a sailor, who so named it from his having
served at the capture of Porto-Bello in South America
under Admiral Vernon; was a small vil. about 1765,
when the first brick and tile work was established
there, and attracted attention as a watering-place
about the beginning of the present century; has fine
sands, an esplanade nearly a mile long, and a promenade
pier, and has brick-works, potteries, bottle-works, and
a papermill. Portobello is one of the Leith Burghs,
which return 1 member to Parliament.

Portobello, S. suburb of Dublin, on Grand Canal.

Porton, hamlet withry. sta., Idmiston par., Wilts,
5% miles NE. of Salisbury.

Portpatrick, par. and seaport vil. with ry. sta., AV.
AVigtownshire—par., 9094 ac., pop. 1285; vil., 7% miles
SAA”. of Stranraer and 21% NE. of Donaghadee (in Ire-
land), pop. 591; P.O., T.O. ; is well sheltered by lofty
cliffs, has a south-westerly exposure, and is resorted to
as a watering-place. Portpatrick, as commanding the
shortest communication from Britain to Ireland, was
formerly of much greater importance. The mail across
the channel, established in 1662, ceased to run in 1849;
while the massive harbourworks, constructed(1821-1843)
at a cost of £500,000, have lapsed into a state of utter
ruin. Portpatrick derives its name from St Patrick,
who, according to the legend, crossed from this place to
Ireland.

Portquin, fishing vil., Endellion par., Cornwall, on
Portquin Bay, 5 miles N. of Wadebridge.

Portrack, seat, Holyrood par., Dumfriesshire, on
river Nith, 3 miles SE. of Auldgirth ry. sta.

Portraine, coast par., N. co. Dublin, 2 miles SE. of
Lusk, 2210 ac., pop. 594; comprises Lambay island.
Portraine House, seat, is 1 m. E. of Donabate ry. sta.

Portramsay, vil., on NW. side of Lismore island,
Argyllshire, 10 m. N. of Oban; has a good harbour.

Portreatli, seaport vil., Illogan par., Cornwall,

4 miles NW. of Redruth; P.O., T.O.; has a harbour
formed in 1760 and protected by batteries, and exports
to Swansea copper ore from the Gwennap mines, of
which it is the port, and with which it is connected by
tram railway.

Portree, par. and seaport vil., Skye island, Inver-
ness-shire—par. (including Raasay and Rona islands),
56,909 ac., pop. 3191; vil., on Portree Bay, 32 miles
SW. of Strome Ferry, 60 miles SE. of Stornoway,
and 120 miles NW. of Oban, pop. 893; P.O., T.o.,
3 Banks; is situated on a commodious land-locked
harbour, and is regularly visited by Glasgow steamers;
is the chief centre of business for Skye and the neigh-
bouring islands and a seat of sheriff courts, and is
the headquarters of great numbers of tourists. There
is a small woollen factory. Portree (Port-an-righ, the
king’s harbour) was so named from being visited by
James V. in 1540.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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