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 Goirtín
Village
Gurteen Cross and Coleman Music Centre
Gurteen Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°59′34″N 8°30′39″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Sligo
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	393
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	G665049

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).

Places of interest

• The Michael Coleman Irish Music Centre[4]
• Coleman Cottage, a traditional Cottage, forge and archive[5]

Transport

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]

See also

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

References

External links

• History of Churches in Gorteen Parish

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