Gortahurk (from Irish Gort an Choirce, meaning 'field of the oats'), is a townland in the civil parish of Tomregan, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
[1] Gortahurk is bounded by the townlands of Tonymore, Gortaree, and Knockateggal and borders County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland to its west.
The map for Knockninny barony stops on the east bank of the stream entering the Woodford river between the townlands of Derryhooly and Corry townlands,[2] while the Tullyhaw barony map stops where the Irish border is now,[3] thus omitting that part of Tomregan parish which lies in County Fermanagh.
What happened next is unclear as James Trayle, who had been granted the nearby manor of Dresternan in 1610, began making leases of the lands in 1613.
An Inquisition held in Newtownbutler on 29 January 1630 found that Butler owned the lands of, inter alia, Gortequirka.
[7] An Inquisition held in Newtownbutler on 23 March 1639 found that the said James Balfour owned, inter alia, the lands of Gortecorkery.
[11] The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Drum, Connolly, McGauran, O'Neill, Moran, Caffrey, Clarke, Reilly.