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Gortamney

Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

54°48′04″N 6°40′41″W / 54.801°N 6.678°W / 54.801; -6.678Sovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryNorthern IrelandCountyCounty LondonderryBaronyLoughinsholinCivil parishKilcronaghanPlantation grantDrapers Company and Crown freeholdsFirst recorded1609Government

• CouncilMid Ulster District • WardTobermoreArea

^[1]

• Total364.16 acres (147.37 ha)Irish grid refH8595

Gortamney (locally [ˌɡɔrˈtaːmni], from Irish Gort an tSamhraidh 'the summer field'^[2]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the east of the parish alongside the boundary of the civil parish of Termoneeny, and is bounded by the townlands of Ballinderry, Ballynahone More, Clooney, Drumsamney, Killynumber, Killytoney, and Moyesset. It was apportioned to the Drapers company and Crown freeholds.^[3]

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.^[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.^[3]

History

Population
Year	Pop.
1841	136 ^[5]
1851	112 ^[5]
1861	95 ^[5]
1871	98 ^[5]
1881	95 ^[5]
1891	85 ^[6]
1901	65 ^[6]
1911	91 ^[4]
1926	93 ^[4]

Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year	a, r, p
1851	372, 1, 12^[7]
1881	372, 2, 36 ^[5]
1901	372, 2, 36 ^[6]
1926	372, 2, 28 ^[4]

Earlier recorded forms^[2]^[8]
Year	Form
1609	Gortytuary (E.C.)
1613	Gortitawry (Charter)
1613	Gourt Tawrey
1622	Gort Tawey
1654	Gortitaumpher
1657	Gortitanry
1661	Gortitamphree
1663	Gortanry
1686	Gortimy
1813	Gortamney
_{(E.C.) - Escheated Counties Map 1609 (Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613}

References

^ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 124-125. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
^ ^a ^b Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
^ ^a ^b ^c HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35
^ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
^ Place Names NI - Gortamney