Gort Gort Inse Guaire
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°03′58″N 8°48′43″W / 53.066, -8.8118
Irish grid reference M451019
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Galway
Elevation:	43 m
Population (2006)	2,734

Gort (Irish: Gort Inse Guaire or An Gort) is a town in south County Galway in the west of the Republic of Ireland. Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic Grid references commonly used in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Poetic description This dinnseanchas poem named Ard Ruide (Ruide Headland poetically describes the kingdoms of Ireland Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. An Gort is the official Irish name for the town, as defined by the Placenames Commission. However the town is known by its traditional name Gort Inse Guaire in spoken Irish. The town lies just north of the border with County Clare on the main N18 Galway–Limerick road. County Clare ( Irish: Contae an Chláir) commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a county on Ireland and part of the wider Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads Gort is situated in the territory of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne also known as Maigh Aidhne ("the plain of Aidhne"), which is coextensive with the diocese of Kilmacduagh / Cill Mhic Dhuach. Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne (also known as Hy Fiachrach was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co Aidhne also known as Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne ('Plain (of Aidhne' was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a tuath (tribal kingdom located Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland.

History

Gort takes its name, Gort Inse Guaire, from Guaire Aidhneach, the sixth century King of Connacht and patron of St. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the cóiced (variously translated as portion fifth province of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Colman Mac Duach. During the Middle Ages the chiefs of Cinél Aedha na hEchtghe, the O'Shaughnessys (Ó Seachnasaigh) (a clan descended from Guaire Aidhneach) had their principal stronghold in Gort, on a site which later became a cavalry barracks. O'Shaghnessy is a family Surname of Irish origin The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. The Cavalry (from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as Soldiers or Warriors who fought mounted on Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a Military post At the end of the seventeenth century the O Shaughnessy lands were confiscated and granted to Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt., whose grandson was John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar Plantations in 16th and 17th century Ireland were established throughout the country by the confiscation of lands occupied by Gaelic clans and Hiberno-Norman dynasties Brigadier-General Sir Thomas Prendergast 1st Baronet (c 1660&ndash1709 was the son of Thomas Prendergast (d John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort (1742 &ndash 23 May 1817) was an Irish politician In 1831, the town had a population of 3,627 and 563 houses. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The Great Hunger of the mid 1840s devastated the population. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long.

A number of historic sites around Gort are included in the Sites and Monuments Record. Kilmacduagh monastery and round tower are situated approximately 3 km (1. Kilmacduagh Monastery is found 5 km from the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. 9 mi) west of Gort.

Transport

Gort railway station opened on 15 September 1869, closed for goods traffic on 3 November 1975 and for passenger traffic on 5 April 1976. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[1] A new railway station will open in early 2009 as part of the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor. Introduction The Western Railway Corridor (WRC or Bealach Iarnród an Iarthair (BII in the Republic of Ireland is a recent term for

People

The poet William Butler Yeats renovated an old tower house near the village ("Thoor Ballylee") and took up residence there. He was also a frequent visitor to the home of Lady Gregory at nearby Coole Park. Isabella Augusta Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932 née Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish Dramatist and folklorist. Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately operated by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service and is located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway,

Demographics

Some 40% of the residents of Gort are non-Irish, according to the 2006 Census, which showed that 83% of these were Brazilians. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld They originally came to work in the meat processing plants in Gort where the pay is generally much higher than in similar plants in Brazil. According to Claire Healy "a large community of Brazilians now live, work and attend school in Gort, gradually altering the appearance and the character of the town". ^[2] The Roman Catholic church caters to the Brazilian community with a mass in Portuguese every Sunday held in Gort Catholic Church.

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. ^ Gort station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the
2. ^ Carnaval do Galway: The Brazilian Community in Gort, 1999-2006 — Claire Healy, in "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America" 4:3 July 2006 (www. irlandeses. org), accessed 14 August 2007

External links

• Official website