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Gortnahey Beg

Gort na hÁithe Beag

Gortnahey Beg is a townland in Derry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationGortnahey Beg54.95473° N · 6.97040° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

beagsmallgortfield

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 na hÁithe Beag · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Gortnahey Beg · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Barony
Keenaght
Civil parish
Bovevagh
Coordinates
54.95473, -6.97040
Mapped area
0.7 km²
Logainm ID
57833 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

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

1911 census

58People recorded
14Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Brolly 15
  • McCloskey 11
  • Guinn 8
  • Colgan 5
  • McCartney 4
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

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

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.