Gurteen
Irish: Goirtín | |
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Village | |
 Gurteen Cross and Coleman Music Centre | |
  Gurteen Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°59′34″N 8°30′39″W / 53.9928°N 8.5108°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population | 393 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G665049 |
Gurteen or Gorteen (Irish: Goirtín, meaning 'little field')[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilfree in the baronry of Coolavin.
Gurteen's population increased from 269 people, at the 2006 census, to 393 at the 2016 census.[1][3] It is at the intersection of the R293 road (Ballymote to Ballaghaderreen) and the R294 (Boyle to Tobercurry).
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Gurteen". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Goirtín/Gorteen". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Gurteen (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 March 2020.