Gorteen
Village in Connacht, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gurteen or Gorteen (Irish: Goirtín, meaning 'little field')[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilfree in the baronry of Coolavin.
Gurteen's population increased from 269 people, at the 2006 census, to 393 at the 2016 census.[1][3] It is at the intersection of the R293 road (Ballymote to Ballaghaderreen) and the R294 (Boyle to Tobercurry).
- The Michael Coleman Irish Music Centre[4]
- Coleman Cottage, a traditional Cottage, forge and archive[5]
Bus Éireann routes 460 and 476 provide limited services through Gorteen on selected days of the week.[citation needed]
Gurteen was previously served by Kilfree Junction railway station between Boyle and Ballymote on the Dublin to Sligo line. This station opened in October 1874 and closed in February 1963.[6]
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