374
Census Records
60
Households
2
Census Years
- People
- 193
- Households
- 32
- People
- 181 -6.2%
- Households
- 28 -12.5%
About
Gortnalea is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of rural Galway. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a traditional administrative division of land that has existed for centuries. The area is characterized by the rolling countryside typical of Galway's interior regions, with a landscape shaped by both natural geology and centuries of agricultural use. The townland lies within an area of mixed farming country, with scattered houses and farmsteads interspersed throughout the green fields and stone boundaries that define the Irish rural landscape.
The history of Gortnalea, as with most small Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the broader historical patterns of County Galway and the wider West of Ireland. The townland system itself dates back centuries and was formally mapped during the 19th-century Ordnance Survey, establishing the standardized boundaries and place names that remain in use today. The name Gortnalea, like many Irish place names, derives from the Irish language and reflects the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Gaelic-speaking regions of Ireland.
As a rural townland, Gortnalea's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the living agricultural and social fabric of County Galway. It represents the kind of small-scale community settlement that has characterized rural Ireland for generations, where farming families have maintained connections to the land and to local community structures. The townland remains part of the local parish structure and community identity, connecting residents to a sense of place and historical continuity within the broader context of Galway's rural heritage.
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- Parish
- County
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Irish Name
Gort na Liath
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Barony
Dunmore
- Logainm
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