My husband's 2nd great grandfather, Charles Anderson, lived in Gort Township (from Griffiths Valuation). We will be visiting the area at the end of June . Can anyone tell me how to locate present day Gort- I can't find it on any maps.
Hi Anne,
You can see a map of Gort townland in Co. Tyrone here:
https://www.townlands.ie/tyrone/clogher/errigal-keerogue/errigal/gort/
Gort isn’t a township. It’s a townland which is simply an Irish land administration unit. It consists of 297 acres of agricultural land. In the 1901 census there were 7 houses and a total population of 33. 2 Anderson farms. All the people in that townland farmed or worked on the land.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Errigal/Gort/
Thanks very much for your input. I did mean 'townland', but didn't come out right!
Shall be looking around the area in June.