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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Gortahork
|native_name            = {{Irish place name|Gort an Choirce}}
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Gortahork - geograph.org.uk - 1424497.jpg
|image_caption          = Housing in Gortahork 
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Ulster]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Donegal]]
|established_title      =
|established_date       =
|leader_title1          = [[Dáil Éireann]]
|leader_name1           = [[Donegal (Dáil constituency)|Donegal]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_footnotes         =
|area_total_km2         =
|population_as_of       = [[2016 census of Ireland|2016]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="2016census">{{cite web|url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=03E91C35-5E2A-4025-865F-18BCC8ACF86B | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 | title = Sapmap Area - Settlements - Gort An Choirce | date = April 2016 | access-date = 15 December 2020 }}</ref>
|population             = 185
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates            = {{coord|55.1195|-8.1357|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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|area_code              = +00353 07491
|blank_name             = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]]
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|website                =
|footnotes              = Gort an Choirce is the only official name.<ref>[http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004]</ref> The anglicised spelling Gortahork has no official status.
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'''Gort an Choirce''' or '''Gort a' Choirce''' ({{IPA-ga|ˌɡɔɾˠt̪ˠ ə ˈxɔɾʲcə|lang}};<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gort an Choirce/Gortahork |url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/14446 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=logainm.ie |language=ga}}</ref> meaning "oat field"), anglicised as '''Gortahork''', is a village and [[townland]] in the northwest of [[County Donegal]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is a [[Gaeltacht]] community, where the [[Irish language]] is the main language spoken in the area. Along with [[Falcarragh]], it forms part of the district known as [[Cloughaneely]].

==Irish language==
According to the [[2016 census of Ireland|2016 census]] the population of Gort an Choirce was 185,<ref name="2016census"/> with 41.6% of people speaking Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. This puts the town in 8th place for highest percentage of daily Irish speakers in Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Language and the Gaeltacht - CSO - Central Statistics Office|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp10esil/p10esil/ilg/|access-date=2020-11-15|website=CSO|language=en}}</ref>

==Name==
The official name of the townland is Gort an Choirce (anglicised to ''Gortahork''), meaning "oat field".<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/14446.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Gort an Choirce / Gortahork | access-date = 15 December 2020 }}</ref> The townland is within the [[Roman Catholic]] parish of ''Críost Rí'' (Christ the King) and the [[Church of Ireland]] parish of Tullaghobegley East.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==History==
[[File:Gortachoirce.JPG|thumb|Creek at Gort a' Choirce]]
[[File:Garage and shop, Gortahork - geograph.org.uk - 1424502.jpg|thumb|Local shop and filling station]]
Evidence of ancient habitation in the townland includes a number of ring forts and souterrains in the area.<ref>{{cite report | url = https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Donegal-Manual-(1996)-0011.pdf | publisher = National Monuments Service | website = archaeology.ie | title = Recorded Monuments Protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 - County Donegal | page = 24 }}</ref>

The village has a history of local enterprise, shops, forges, hotels, post office halls, and other meeting places for the communities in the surrounding areas.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

It is claimed that a Charlie McGee, from [[Inishbofin, Donegal|Inishbofin]], four miles offshore from Gort a' Choirce, was the first person to have been killed in the [[Easter Rising|1916 Easter Rising]].<ref name="uladh">{{citation | title = Colaiste Uladh 1906-2006 | publisher = Coláiste Uladh | author = Seosamh Ó Ceallaigh | date = 2006 | oclc = 891541892 }}</ref> McGee, who was a member of the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] (RIC), was shot on duty while in [[Castlebellingham]], [[County Louth]]. He was brought home to be buried in Gortahork, where an RIC tombstone now lies over his grave.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

In 2006, ''Coláiste Uladh'' (the Ulster College) celebrated its centenary. Among those who attended the college were [[Pádraig Pearse]], [[Joseph Mary Plunkett]] and [[Roger Casement]] – three participants in the 1916 Rising.<ref name="uladh"/>

==Community==
The arts community in the area includes visual artists, poets, singers, musicians and others from or attracted to the area.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Gort a' Choirce has been home to a documentary film festival which, in its first year, screened 30 films from 15 different countries.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

Gortahork is mentioned in the opening lines of the [[Christy Moore]] song ''Lisdoonvarna''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.triskelle.eu/lyrics/lisdoonvarna.php?index=080.010.040.060 | website = triskelle.eu | title = Lisdoonvarna lyrics | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101231153231/http://www.triskelle.eu/lyrics/lisdoonvarna.php?index=080.010.040.060 |archive-date=31 December 2010 }}</ref>

The village is a base for wind surfers who come to Machaire Uí Rabhartaigh Beach.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

==Notable people==
;Natives include:
* [[Cathal Ó Searcaigh]], poet
* [[Micí Mac Gabhann]], author of Irish language book ''Rotha Mór an tSaoil''
* [[Breandán Mac Cnáimhsí]], translator and RTÉ newsreader

;Residents include:
* [[Gerry Adams]], Former president of Sinn Féin<ref>Sunday Independent Life, 15 June 2008 {{title needed}}</ref>
* [[Phil Mac Giolla Bhain]], journalist

==References==
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{{County Donegal}}
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[[Category:Cloughaneely]]
[[Category:Gaeltacht places in County Donegal]]
[[Category:Gaeltacht towns and villages]]
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