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Gortroe is a small townland located in County Cork in the province of Munster in southern Ireland. It is situated in the southwestern part of the county, within the wider landscape of rural West Cork. The townland forms part of the broader agricultural and rural character typical of this region, with rolling countryside, pastoral fields, and scattered rural dwellings. Like many Irish townlands, Gortroe represents a small geographic division of land with historical roots in the Irish land tenure system, though it remains relatively modest in scale and population.
The area around Gortroe, like much of West Cork, has a long history of rural settlement and agricultural practice. The townland system itself dates back centuries in Ireland, representing divisions of land that held administrative and social significance. The landscape would have been shaped by generations of farming communities, with the typical field patterns, stone walls, and rural infrastructure that characterize farming districts in Cork. As with many rural Irish townlands, the history of Gortroe is largely intertwined with the broader social and economic development of the surrounding parish and county.
Gortroe remains primarily a rural agricultural area with little urban development, reflecting the character of much of West Cork's hinterland. The townland would be home to farming families and rural residents, with the community maintaining connections to local parishes, markets, and market towns in the region. Like many Irish townlands, it carries cultural and historical significance for those families with roots in the area, serving as a point of local identity and heritage for residents and descendants of the community.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
An Gort Rua
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Baronnie
Bantry
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
37 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Gortroe
- Irlandais
- An Gort Rua
- Paroisse
- Kilmocomoge
- Baronnie
- Bantry
- Comté
- Cork