Town

Gortahork

Gort an Choirce

Gortahork is a town in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationGortahork55.11819° N · 8.13798° 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

  • Gort an Choirce · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Gortahork · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Donegal
Civil parish
Tullaghobegly
Within
Gortahork
Coordinates
55.11819, -8.13798
Logainm ID
1416587 ↗

Population over time

Gort An Choirce — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

212people · 2022

075150225300 2016: 185 people20162022: 212 people2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

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Gort An Choirce — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census yearPopulation
2016185
2022212

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Gort an Choirce, Donegal — Census town, CSO 2006 report

2002–2006: census town

149people · 2006

050100150200 2002: 155 people20022006: 149 people2006

These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Gort an Choirce, Donegal — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
2002155
2006149

Source: CSO C0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 2002 and 2006 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Gort an Choirce, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1996 report

1991–1996: census town

152people · 1996

These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.

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Gort an Choirce, Donegal — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Census yearPopulation
1996152

Source: CSO A0112 — Alphabetical list of towns, populations 1991 and 1996 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Gort an Choirce, Donegal

Published census settlement populations

185people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

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Gort an Choirce, Donegal — census population
Census yearPopulation
2011197
2016185

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Gort an Choirce, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

375people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

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Gort an Choirce, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census yearPopulation
2022375

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Gortahork. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-07-29. How this page was prepared.