"Portán."

Translation: Crab.

[deactivated user]

For those who have a surfeit of crabs here are a few other creatures found near the shore:

• gliomach (lobster)
• faocha (periwinkle)
• bairneach (limpet)
• diúilicín (cockle)
• ruacan (mussel)

[brigids.em]

Is portán the word for both the live animal and the food, or there a pig/pork distinction in Irish?

[scilling]

It’s used for both.

[SamJimenez6]

Crab cakes, anyone?

[deactivated user]

Crúbóg is another word for 'Crab'.

[ShaneBrode4]

Portán is apparently a pre Gaelic word. One of the only ones found in ireland