Gort
Sign in to saveGort ( or ) is a town of around 2,800 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 and R460 regional roads, which connect to the M18 motorway.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gort
- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,994
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Gort
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gort - Bridge Street.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bridge Street, Gort in 2007.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Irish Grid Reference
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Gort
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Area
- +3.44
- Elevation
- +43
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Gort - Bridge Street.jpg
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- P7959
- County Galway
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Population
- Economy
- Tourism
- Culture
- Places of interest
- Sports
- Transport
- Motorway
- Rail
- Bus
- Education
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- Further reading
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Gort ( or ) is a town of around 2,800 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 and R460 regional roads, which connect to the M18 motorway.
==Etymology== Gort is short for the complete Irish name, Gort Inse Guaire (gort: a meadow, field, inse: an island, and Guaire: a proper name) and translates to "field of Guaire's island".