Gorteen

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Gorteen
Goirtín
Location
Location of Gorteen
centerMap highlighting Gorteen
Irish grid reference
G665049
Statistics
Province: Connacht
County: County Sligo
Elevation: 82 m
Population (2006) 269 

Gorteen (Irish: Goirtín) (often spelled Gurteen) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Gurteen has experienced quite a rise in development in the last number of years and has become, to some degree, a commuter town for people working in Sligo.

[edit] Transport

  • Gurteen was served by the Kilfree Junction railway station between Boyle and Ballymote on the Dublin to Sligo line. This railway station opened on 31 October 1874 and closed on 4 February 1963.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kilfree. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
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