Gorteen

Infobox Irish Place
name = Gorteen
gaeilge = Goirtín
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pin coords = left: 79px; top: 96px
north coord = 53.9928 | west coord = 8.5108 | irish grid = G665049
area = | elevation = 82 m
province = Connacht
county = County Sligo
population = | town pop = 269
census yr = 2006
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Gorteen ( _ga. 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.

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. [cite web | title=Kilfree | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2008-05-12]

ee also

* List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

References