Gorteen

Gurteen Goirtín
Town
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 / 53.9928; -8.5108Coordinates: 53°59′34″N 8°30′39″W / 53.9928°N 8.5108°W / 53.9928; -8.5108
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Sligo
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population (2006)
• Urban	735
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	G665049

Gurteen (Irish: Guirtín, meaning "a small garden") (often spelled Gorteen) 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.

It lies on the intersection of the R293 road between Ballymote and Ballaghaderreen; and the R294 road between Boyle and Tobercurry.

Landmarks and Places of Interest

• The Michael Coleman Irish Music Centre^[1]
• Coleman Cottage, a traditional Cottage, forge and archive.^[2]

Transport

• Bus Éireann routes 460 and 476 provide an extremely limited service passing through Gorteen on selected days of the week.
• Gurteen was served by the Kilfree Junction between Boyle and Ballymote on the Dublin to Sligo line. This railway station opened on 31 October 1874 and closed on 4 February 1963.^[3]

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
• Ballaghaderreen railway station

References

1. ↑ "Coleman Irish Music". Retrieved 17 April 2017. 
2. ↑ "Traditional Cottage - Forge - Archive". Retrieved 17 April 2017. 
3. ↑ "Kilfree" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 

External links

• History of Churches in Gorteen Parish