Gortahork
Gortahork
Irish: Gort an Choirce | |
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Village | |
Housing in Gortahork | |
| Coordinates: 55°07′10″N 8°08′09″W / 55.1195°N 8.1357°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Barony | Kilmacrenan |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| Population (2016) | 185 |
| Area code | +00353 07491 |
| Irish Grid Reference | C055307 |
| Gort an Choirce is the only official name. The anglicised spelling Gortahork has no official status, but is still widely used. | |
Gort an Choirce or Gort a' Choirce (Irish: [ˌɡɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈxɔɾʲcə]; meaning "oat field"), anglicised as Gortahork, is a village and townland in the northwest of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is a Gaeltacht community, where the Irish language is the main language spoken in the area. Along with Falcarragh, it forms part of the district known as Cloughaneely. The nearest town is Falcarragh, 3 km to the north-east.