601
Census Records
136
Households
2
Census Years
- People
- 60
- Households
- 10
- People
- 541 +801.7%
- Households
- 126 +1160%
About
Ballinacurra is a townland situated in County Cork in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland lies in an area characterized by the rolling hills and pastoral landscape typical of Munster, with agricultural land forming much of the surrounding terrain. Like many Irish townlands, Ballinacurra is relatively small in area and represents one of thousands of such administrative divisions that make up the Irish countryside, serving as historical units of land organization that date back centuries. The landscape reflects the traditional agrarian character of rural Cork, with fields, farmsteads, and rural dwellings dispersed throughout the townland.
The history of Ballinacurra, like that of most Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the medieval period and earlier patterns of settlement and land use. Townlands themselves emerged as a significant organizational system during the Norman period and were further formalized during the Tudor surveys of Ireland. The name Ballinacurra, like many Irish place names, derives from Irish language origins, with "baile" meaning settlement or townland. The area would have been subject to the various social, economic, and religious transformations that shaped Cork and Munster more broadly, from monastic settlement through the Anglo-Norman period to more recent centuries.
Ballinacurra remains part of the living landscape of Cork, contributing to the broader tapestry of rural Irish communities. As with many townlands, it serves primarily as an administrative and geographical reference point rather than as a nucleated settlement or village center. The townland represents the kind of granular geographical and historical unit that has long been fundamental to Irish land records, census data, and local knowledge. For those with family roots in the area or interests in Irish genealogy and local history, townland records like those for Ballinacurra provide valuable documentation of settlement patterns and land tenure in rural Ireland.
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- Parish
- County
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Irish Name
Baile an Churraigh
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Barony
Kinsale
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
56 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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