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Gurteen

An Goirtín

This small Upper Ormond townland was recorded in Kilnaneave electoral division.

Recorded locationGurteen52.78822° N · 8.04326° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

goirtínlittle field

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 Goirtín · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Gurteen · English · main form

Place & story

Six inhabitants in 1911

Gurteen had six inhabitants in 1911, three male and three female, in a single occupied house. The census also recorded one house in both 1891 and 1901, when the population was six and eight respectively. Its area was seventy-two acres and twenty-three perches. The return placed the townland in Latteragh parish and Kilnaneave electoral division, within Toomyvara dispensary district and Nenagh Poor Law Union. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Civil parish
Latteragh
Coordinates
52.78822, -8.04326
Mapped area
0.29 km²
Logainm ID
46522 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1911 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Gurteen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Tipperary, Table VII, printed pages 59–60 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.