Gorteen


Gurteen or Gorteen is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilfree in the baronry of Coolavin. Gurteen's population increased from 269 people as of the 2006 census, to 393 as of the 2016 census.
It lies on the intersection of the R293 road between Ballymote and Ballaghaderreen, and the R294 road between Boyle and Tobercurry.

Places of interest

routes 460 and 476 provide limited services through Gorteen on selected days of the week.
Gurteen was previously served by Kilfree Junction railway station between Boyle and Ballymote on the Dublin to Sligo line. This station opened in October 1874 and closed in February 1963.