Gortamney is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan

Kilcronaghan

Kilcronaghan is a civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Containing one major settlement, Tobermore, and lying on the descending slope of Slieve Gallion, Kilcronaghan is bordered by the civil parishes of Ballynascreen, Desertmartin, Maghera, and Termoneeny. It lies within the former...

, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. 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

Ballinderry, Kilcronaghan civil parish

Ballinderry is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies on the eastern boundary of the parish; partly bounded by the parishes of Termoneeny and Desertmartin to the north and east. It is also bounded by the townlands of Ballynahone...

, Ballynahone More, Clooney

Clooney, Kilcronaghan civil parish

Clooney is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in north-east of the parish and is bounded in the north by the Moyola River as well as the parish of Termoneeny. It is bounded by the following townlands; Tobermore, Moyesset,...

, Drumsamney

Drumsamney

Drumsamney is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the parish on the boundary of the civil parish of Desertmartin, and is bounded by the townlands of; Annagh & Moneysterlin, Ballinderry, Coolsaragh, Dromore,...

, Killynumber

Killynumber

Killynumber is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east with the civil parish of Desertmartin, and it is bounded by the townlands of Annagh & Moneysterlin, Coolsaragh, Drumsamney, Gortamney, and Killytoney...

, Killytoney

Killytoney

Killytoney is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the center of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of Calmore, Cloughfin, Coolsaragh, Gortamney, Killynumber, and Moyesset...

, and Moyesset

Moyesset

Moyesset is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the centre of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Calmore, Clooney, Gortamney, Killytoney, and Tobermore...

. It was apportioned to the Drapers

Worshipful Company of Drapers

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 company and Crown

The Crown

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 freeholds.

The townland is currently part of Tobermore electoral ward of Magherafelt District Council

Magherafelt District Council

Magherafelt District Council is a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Council headquarters are in Magherafelt. The Council area stretches from Lough Neagh and the River Bann in the east and into the Sperrin Mountains in the west and is divided by the Moyola River. It covers...

, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt

Magherafelt

Magherafelt is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,372 people recorded in the 2001 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of County Londonderry and is the social, economic and political hub of the area...

 Rural District. It was also part of the former barony of Loughinsholin.

History

Population

Year	Pop.
1841	136
1851	112
1861	95
1871	98
1881	95
1911	91
1926	93

Size (acres, roods, poles) Year a, r, p 1851 372, 1, 12 1881 372, 2, 36 1926 372, 2, 28

Earlier recorded forms

Year	Form
1609	Gortytuary (O.S.)
1613	Gortitawry
1613	Gourt Tawrey
1622	Gort Tawey
1654	Gortitaumpher
1657	Gortitanry
1661	Gortitamphree
1663	Gortanry
1686	Gortimy
1813	Gortamney (S.M.)
(O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map 1609 (S.M.) - Sampson's Map