Gortalowry (from Irish: ''Gort Ui Labhradha'') is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...

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. It is situated in the barony of

Dungannon Upper Dungannon Upper is a barony in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was created in 1851 with the splitting of the barony of Dungannon. Lough Neagh runs along its eastern boundary, and it is bordered by four other baronies: Dungannon Middle to ...

and the

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Derryloran Derryloran is a civil parish mainly in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with some areas in County Londonderry. It is situated in the historic baronies of Dungannon Upper in County Tyrone and Loughinsholin in County Londonderry. It is also a town ...

and covers an area of 281 acres. The townland is partly rural, but includes the southern part of the town of Cookstown. The name derives from the

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

: ''Gort an Leamhraigh'' (field of the place of elms). St Luaran's

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Church, built about 1824 and renovated in 2003, is in the townland. Gortalowry Primary School opened in 1833, but closed in 1967. In 1841 the population of the townland was 83 people (15 houses) and in 1851 it was 165 people (34 houses). The townland contains one Scheduled Historic Monument: a Rath (grid ref: H8086 7738)

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{{Coord, 54.6366, -6.7430, region:GB-NIR, format=dms, display=title Townlands of County Tyrone Archaeological sites in County Tyrone Civil parish of Derryloran

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