Gort

Gort ( Irish: Gort Inse Guaire or An Gort ) is a village in the south of County Galway in the Republic of Ireland, located between Loughrea and Ennis. Although An Gort is the official Irish name of the place, has prevailed in the ( Irish ) Gort Inse Guaire parlance. In Gort 2734 people ( as of 2006). The village is on the National Road N18 to County Clare, leading from Galway to Limerick. To the east it connects the regional road N353/N352 with Portumna on Lough Derg. Gort was once known to the Kingdom of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, as Maigh Aidhne ( The level of Aidhne ), an area that corresponds to today's diocese of Kilmacduagh.

The Irish name of Gort ( Gort Inse Guaire ) goes back to Guaire mac Aidne Colmain, a king of Connacht from the 6th century. In the Middle Ages Gort base of the clan Cenél AEDA na hEchtge; towards the end of the 17th century this area was expropriated under the Plantations and awarded to Sir Thomas Prendergast.

Around Gort there are a number of historical sites: The Abbey Kilmacduagh and the corresponding round tower located about three kilometers west of Gort. Near the village there is also the tower house Thoor Ballylee ( Túr Bhaile Uí LAI) of WB Yeats, the 1916 these acquired and renovated. Yeats was also a frequent guest at Lady Gregory at nearby Coole Park, a large park north of Gort.

In 2008, there was approximately a third of the population of Gort from immigrant in the wake of the Irish economic miracle Brazilians.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Patrick Glynn (1855-1931), Australian politician