placenamesGorteeny
Goirtíní
An interview in Gurteeny records a publican’s links with Galway, London and local hurling.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Goirtíní · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gorteeny · English · main form
- Gurteeny · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A family meeting place
Frank Canning bought the pub in Gurteeny in 1979. Visiting in 2009, journalist Keith Duggan described a two-storey early nineteenth-century building with the family name above the doorway, booths and hurling photographs inside. The Canning family gathered there each Saint Stephen’s Day. [2]
Returning from London
Canning’s hurling career took him from Portumna to London and back to Galway. He also played for Tommy Larkins towards the end of his career, telling Duggan that he wanted to represent the club serving his adopted locality. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Civil parish
- Ballynakill
- Within
- Gorteeny
- Coordinates
- 53.01421, -8.35763 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413581 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gorteeny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canning factory a long time producing — 14 March 2009 · Keith Duggan / The Irish Times
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-11. How this page was prepared.