Editing Gorey (section)

{{short description|Town in County Wexford, Ireland}}
{{About|the town in Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type        = Town
|name                   = Gorey
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Guaire}}
|native_name_lang       = ga
|image_skyline          = MainStGorey.jpg
|image_caption          = Main Street
|image_shield           = IRL Gorey COA ver2.svg
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|coordinates            = {{coord|52.677|-6.292|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
|blank_name_sec1        = Irish Grid Reference
|blank_info_sec1        = {{iem4ibx|T151598}}
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = Ireland
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Leinster]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[County Wexford]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_code_type         = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
|area_code              = +353(0)53
|postal_code_type       = [[Eircode]] routing key
|postal_code            = Y25
|timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset             = ±0
|timezone_DST           = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +1
|elevation_m            = 48
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population             = 11,517
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="cso2022">{{cite web|title=Census 2022 - F1015 Population|work=Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office Ireland]] |date=August 2023 |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1015 |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>
}}
'''Gorey''' ({{Irish place name|Guaire}})<ref name="logainm">{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/53072 | title = Guaire / Gorey (see scanned records) | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | access-date = 8 May 2020 | archive-date = 15 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210515224201/https://www.logainm.ie/en/53072 | url-status = live }}</ref> is a market town in north [[County Wexford]], Ireland. It is bypassed by the main [[N11 road (Ireland)|M11]] [[Dublin]] to [[Wexford]] road. The town is also connected to the [[Gorey railway station|railway network]] along the same route. Local newspapers include the ''Gorey Guardian''.

As a growing commuter town to Dublin for some residents,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/nearly-2500-people-commute-to-dublin-every-day-for-work-36099492.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | work = Gorey Guardian | title = Nearly 2,500 people commute to Dublin every day for work | quote = ''Thousands commute into Dublin city from Gorey each day'' | date = 9 September 2017 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115759/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/nearly-2500-people-commute-to-dublin-every-day-for-work-36099492.html | url-status = live }}</ref> there has been an increase in population in the early 21st century.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/north-wexford-shows-largest-population-growth-in-county-27220477.html | work = Enniscorthy Guardian | title = North Wexford shows largest population growth in county | date = 27 July 2006 | access-date = 13 November 2017 | quote = ''[P]opulation growth in the entire Gorey electoral area surpassed all other areas in the county, and was more than twice the average growth rate for the county as a whole'' | archive-date = 13 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171113115756/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/north-wexford-shows-largest-population-growth-in-county-27220477.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Between 1996 and 2002, the population of the surrounding district grew by 23%,<ref name="Ireland.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/commuter/5.html |title=An overdeveloped vision |quote=Wexford County Council's plan for Gorey is riddled with contradictions |work=The Irish Times |access-date=8 September 2007 |last=McDonald |first=Frank |archive-date=7 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107233553/http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/commuter/5.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the town itself almost trebled in population (from 3,939 to 11,517 inhabitants) in the period between the 1996 and 2022 census.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/wexford/0473__gorey/ | website = City Population | title = Gorey (Ireland) Agglomeration | access-date = 9 May 2020 | archive-date = 25 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200925015307/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/wexford/0473__gorey/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="cso2022"/>