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The town, home to 375 people, lies in Co. Donegal.
Prices run to a median €135,000, 3.8 times local household income. Irish is spoken daily outside school by 42% of residents. The median sale price, 2023 to 2025: €203,300. The median household takes in €35,620 a year before tax.
There are no grades for Gort An Choirce: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The 3 things Gort An Choirce does most differently from other towns.
8 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gort An Choirce.
100% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, above Co. Donegal’s towns (38%) and Irish towns (35%) alike. 5 schools lie within 3 km of Gort An Choirce: 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school. For secondary school, the closest is Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola, 2.2 km from the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Fhionáin Gaeltacht schoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 204 | Catholic |
| Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 455 | Inter-denominational |
| S N Cnoc na Naomh Gaeltacht schoolTeaches through IrishPrimary | Primary | 87 | Catholic |
| S.N. Gort an Choirce Gaeltacht schoolIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 40 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 80% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 0% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +4% | +7% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
The nearest bathing water to Gort An Choirce is Magheraroarty, 3 km away, rated excellent in 2025. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred in the town has radon above the reference level. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 15% | 0.5% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The coldest nights come in January, when Gort An Choirce averages a low of 3.3°C. The year’s mean temperature is 10.0°C, above Co. Donegal’s towns (9.7°C) but below Irish towns (10.3°C). This Co. Donegal town gets 1,393 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 17.9°C | 18.6°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,393 mm | 1,316 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.3°C | 2.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 9.7°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Self-reported good health: 84% of Gort An Choirce’s residents. Allowing for its ages, Gort An Choirce has 89 residents in bad health per 100 expected, lower than both Co. Donegal’s towns (128) and Irish towns (113). In the HSE West and North West health region, 34% of people hold a medical card.
| Census 2022 | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 86% | 88% |
| With a disability | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2% | 2.4% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Private renters make up 16% of households, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (24%) and Irish towns (22%). The social rented sector houses 14% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €140,000 | 32 |
| Housing | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €135K | €181K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 67% | 55% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 16% | 24% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Within 5 km, 26% is sea, higher than both Co. Donegal’s towns (8.7%) and Irish towns (0%). Among the protected sites near Gort An Choirce is Ballyness Bay SAC. 4 waymarked trails and greenways start within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 54% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 12% | 4.7% | 1.8% |
| Sea within 5 km | 26% | 8.7% | 0% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 1.3% | 4.5% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Judged by the averages, Gort An Choirce sees November days reach 11°C and nights fall to 6°C. Expect little more than a sprinkle today, calm air (up to 11 km/h) and a low of 7°C. December follows with normal highs of 9°C and lows of 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 422 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 6°C | 255 mm |
| Summer | 18°C | 11°C | 301 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 8°C | 416 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
A trip to work takes 25.1 min on average. 10% of the labour force were unemployed, below Co. Donegal’s towns (13%) but above Irish towns (9.2%). The census found 67% of 15- to 64-year-olds in work.
| Census 2022 | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 55% | 56% | 31% |
| Median household income | €35,620 | €39,838 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 25.1 min | 20.9 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 10% | 13% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Born abroad: just over a fifth of residents. Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Co. Donegal’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (20%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents.
50.9% of Gort An Choirce’s residents are women
191 women and 184 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 24% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 10% | 14% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.8% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 33% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Donegal and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Fianna Fáil lead Donegal County Council with 10 of 37 seats, but no party has a majority: 19 are needed. Donegal County Council runs Gort An Choirce: Ireland has one tier of local government, with no town council below it. 54% of voters turned out at the last local elections, near Co. Donegal’s towns (53%) and higher than Irish towns (46%).
| Turnout | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 53% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 59% | 59% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, Gort An Choirce has 107 inventory buildings per 10,000 people, about level with Co. Donegal’s towns (105) and above Irish towns (48). 8 archaeological sites are on the record.
| Heritage | Gort An Choirce | Co. Donegal | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 107 | 105 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 8 | 18 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Gort An Choirce; with them, the best known within 40 km.
National parkGlenveagh National Park14 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksDoe Castle17 km east
CastleGlenveagh Castle15 km southeast
Historic houseGlebe House and Gallery20 km southeast
MuseumFort Dunree Military Museum37 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Gort An Choirce’s built heritage counts 4 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 8 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
41.5% of residents speak Irish every day outside school, against 1.1% in the median of Irish towns; 75% can speak it.
Gort An Choirce had 375 people at the 2022 census, up from 355 in 2016: 5.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Gort An Choirce is 44.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
73% of working residents drive to work and 15% walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the median of Irish towns: 23%). 11% mostly work from home, and 55% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Donegal
375 people live in Gort An Choirce, in the area of Donegal County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).