placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Gort
An Gort
The 1911 census separates the rural return from Gort’s urban population across three parishes.
Recorded locationGort53.06866° N · 8.82193° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Gort · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Gort Inse Guaire · Irish · main form · historical name
- Gort · English · main form
Place & story
A town crossing three townlands
The census states that Gort town stood on Lavally in Beagh parish, Ballyhugh in Kilmacduagh parish and Gort in Kiltartan parish. The whole town contained 1,166 inhabitants and covered an estimated eighty-four acres. Its Kiltartan portion had 330 inhabitants, with eighty-one occupied houses and fourteen empty. These figures describe the town’s Kiltartan portion, separately from the rural return. [2]
Five rural houses
The rural row for Gort townland lists twenty-three inhabitants, twelve male and eleven female, in five occupied houses. Its area, including the urban portion, was 160 acres, three roods and eighteen perches. It belonged to Kiltartan parish and barony, Gort electoral division and dispensary district, and Gort Poor Law Union. [2]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
81People recorded
14Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Quinn 9
- Howard 7
- Hargrove 6
- Leech 6
- McNevin 6
1926 census
14People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Collins 7
- Ruane 7
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gort. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Galway, Table VII, printed pages 52–53 and footnote (a) · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Saint Colman's Hall, Gort, County Galway illustration: based on a Saint Colman's Hall, Gort by Jonathan Thacker. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-03-28. How this page was prepared.