Editing Gort (section)

== Culture ==
A number of the town's cultural organisations are grouped under an umbrella organisation, the Gorgeous Gort Forum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gort set for transformation under regeneration plans |url=https://connachttribune.ie/gort-set-for-transformation-under-regeneration-plans/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=connachttribune.ie |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102130135/https://connachttribune.ie/gort-set-for-transformation-under-regeneration-plans/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Wild Swans Theatre Company is a local group of actors which put on plays in St. Colman's Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMahon |first=Paraic |date=2020-05-28 |title=Gort priest finding new ways of engaging with congregation |url=https://www.clareecho.ie/gort-priest-finding-new-ways-of-engaging-with-congregation/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Clare Echo |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date = 2010 |title=Gort's Wild Swans take their wake to the stage |url=https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/24306/gorts-wild-swans-take-their-wake-to-the-stage |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Galway Advertiser}}</ref> The Cooley Collins Festival is a traditional Irish music event that takes place at the end of October.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trad festival aims to break world record |url=https://connachttribune.ie/trad-festival-aims-to-break-world-record-432/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=connachttribune.ie |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102230210/https://connachttribune.ie/trad-festival-aims-to-break-world-record-432/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> There is a museum dedicated to Lady Gregory, Kiltartan Gregory Museum, in an old schoolhouse.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sir William Gregory was detested for his role during the Irish Famine |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/sir-william-gregory-was-detested-for-his-role-during-the-irish-famine-1.4221949 |access-date=2022-11-02 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society keeps Yeat's 15th-century tower house open with events, a studio, and tours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Kevin |date=2022-04-11 |title=Thoor Ballylea to reopen on East Saturday |url=https://clarechampion.ie/thoor-ballylee/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=The Clare Champion |language=en-GB}}</ref> Guaire Magazine is a magazine on local history and culture, it dates back to the mid-1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archives |url=http://www.guaire.org/archives.html |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Guaire Magazine – Gort, Co. Galway, Ireland |language=en}}</ref> Since 1981, the town hosts the annual Gort and District Show, a community event which awards prizes in a number of categories from photography and crafts, to flowers and ponies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gort & District Show |url=https://www.irishshows.org/irishshowdirectory/77 |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Irish Shows Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2017 |title=Gort show gets bigger and better |url=https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/94164/gort-show-gets-bigger-and-better |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Galway Advertiser}}</ref> There is a Gort Arts Collective of 40 plus regional artists which organised a small [[Imbolc|St. Brigid's Day]] festival in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Kevin |date=2023-02-02 |title=Gort to celebrate St Brigid's bank holiday with arts events |url=https://clarechampion.ie/gort-to-celebrate-st-brigids-bank-holiday-with-arts-events/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=The Clare Champion |language=en-GB}}</ref>