76
Registros censales
17
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 44
- Hogares
- 9
- Personas
- 32 -27.3%
- Hogares
- 8 -11.1%
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Gortinessy is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Donegal peninsula. The townland, like many in rural Donegal, is characterized by the rugged terrain typical of this region, with rolling hills, rough pastureland, and exposure to the Atlantic weather patterns that define the northwestern Irish landscape. The area is part of the wider Donegal countryside, where traditional agricultural practices and pastoral farming have long been central to land use and local livelihood. The townland's name, like many Irish place names, derives from Irish language roots—"Gort" typically referring to a field or garden, reflecting the agricultural heritage of the area.
The history of Gortinessy, as with many Donegal townlands, is intertwined with the broader historical narratives of rural Ireland, including patterns of land ownership, emigration, and the evolution of Irish rural communities from the medieval period through to the modern era. Townlands in Donegal were historically significant administrative and territorial units under the Irish land system, and Gortinessy would have functioned as part of the local social and economic fabric. The area would have experienced the various upheavals common to rural Ireland, including the impacts of the Great Famine and subsequent demographic changes that reshaped Irish rural settlements.
Today, Gortinessy remains a rural townland typical of County Donegal, where agriculture, small-scale farming, and traditional ways of life continue alongside modern developments. The significance of such townlands to local communities lies in their role as custodians of Irish cultural identity, linguistic heritage, and connection to the land. These small settlements, while often quiet and sparsely populated in the contemporary period, represent the continuity of Irish rural life and maintain important links to Ireland's historical past and cultural roots.
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