41
Census Records
8
Households
1
Census Year
- People
- 41
- Households
- 8
About
Altadush is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Donegal highlands. The townland forms part of the rural character typical of this region, with rolling terrain and exposure to the Atlantic weather systems that define the northwestern coast. Like many Donegal townlands, Altadush reflects the agricultural and pastoral traditions that have shaped settlement patterns across this part of Ulster, with the landscape characterized by small fields, scattered homesteads, and the natural features of bog and moorland common to the area.
The history of Altadush, like much of rural Donegal, is tied to the broader story of Irish land use, settlement, and the various administrative divisions that have defined the region over centuries. Donegal's history encompasses Gaelic lordships, plantation-era changes to land ownership and settlement, and the subsequent development of the townland system that organizes Irish rural space. Altadush would have been shaped by these historical processes, though detailed records specific to this individual townland may be limited in readily accessible sources.
Altadush remains a modest rural settlement that forms part of the living community of County Donegal. Like many small townlands in the region, it represents the dispersed pattern of settlement characteristic of rural Ireland, where individual townlands contribute to the cultural and social fabric of their wider baronies and parishes. The townland system itself remains significant to Irish identity and local administration, with townlands serving as important geographic and cultural reference points for communities across the island.
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- Parish
- County
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Irish Name
Allt an Dois
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Barony
Kilmacrenan
- Logainm
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