Gortahork
Irish: Gort an Choirce | |
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Village | |
 Housing in Gortahork | |
  Gortahork Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°07′10″N 8°08′09″W / 55.1195°N 8.1357°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| Population | 185 |
| Area code | +00353 07491 |
| Irish Grid Reference | C055307 |
| Gort an Choirce is the only official name.[2] The anglicised spelling Gortahork has no official status. | |
Gort an Choirce or Gort a' Choirce (Irish: [ˌɡɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈxɔɾʲcə];[3] meaning "oat field"), anglicised as Gortahork, is a village and townland in the northwest of County Donegal, Ireland. It is a Gaeltacht community, where the Irish language is the main language spoken in the area. Along with Falcarragh, it forms part of the district known as Cloughaneely.[4] The nearest town is Falcarragh, 3 km to the north-east.
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Gort An Choirce". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004
- ^ "Gort an Choirce/Gortahork". logainm.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Donegal Emigration". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
Cloughaneely, part of the Donegal Gaeltacht, incorporates the towns of Falcarragh and Gortahork.