Gorteen

Gorteen Goirtín
Location
Coordinates: 53°59′34″N 8°30′39″W / 53.9928°N 8.5108°W / 53.9928; -8.5108
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.

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]

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. ^ "Kilfree". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 

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