placenamesGortaroo
Gort an Rú
Gortroe’s everyday roadside heritage sits alongside stained glass in Saint Ita’s church.
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
- Gort an Rú · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gortaroo · English · main form
- Gortroe · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A cast-iron marker
A freestanding cast-iron road sign at Gortaroo is recorded in the National Inventory, which dates it to about 1940. Raised lettering and a harp decorate a rectangular panel with rounded corners. The inventory identifies the harp as evidence that the sign was installed after the foundation of the Irish state. [2]
Saint Ita’s sanctuary windows
In her account of Watson stained glass, Finola of Roaringwater Journal describes Saint Ita’s church at Gortroe near Youghal. A three-light sanctuary window places the Sacred Heart between Thaddeus McCarthy and Saint Ita. She identifies Watson’s Revivalist work there and records another window depicting Lourdes on the south wall. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Civil parish
- Clonpriest
- Within
- Gortaroo
- Coordinates
- 51.92724, -7.92731 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412785 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gortaroo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Gortaroo road sign — NIAH 20906718 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Watsons of Youghal — Revivalist Masters Part 2, 19 October 2019 · Finola / Roaringwater Journal
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.