Gortalowry
Gortalowry is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Dungannon Upper and the civil parish of Derryloran and covers an area of 281 acres.[1] The townland is partly rural, but includes the southern part of the town of Cookstown.[2]
The name derives from the Irish: Gort an Leamhraigh (field of the place of elms).[3]
St Luaran's Roman Catholic Church, built about 1824 and renovated in 2003, is in the townland. Gortalowry Primary School opened in 1833, but closed in 1967.[2]
In 1841 the population of the townland was 83 people (15 houses) and in 1851 it was 165 people (34 houses).[4]
The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a Rath (grid ref: H8086 7738)[5]
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