69
Census Records
12
Households
2
Census Years
- People
- 31
- Households
- 6
- People
- 38 +22.6%
- Households
- 6 0%
About
Ballynabrocky is a small townland located in County Wicklow in the province of Leinster in southeastern Ireland. The townland forms part of the broader landscape of the Wicklow Mountains region, an area characterized by rolling hills, valleys, and moorland terrain. Like many Irish townlands, Ballynabrocky represents a subdivision of land with historical roots in the medieval and early modern periods. The region's geography has shaped patterns of settlement and land use for centuries, with the townland situated within the wider context of Wicklow's varied topography, which ranges from mountainous upland areas to more fertile coastal and lowland zones.
The townland system itself, of which Ballynabrocky is an example, emerged from Anglo-Norman settlement patterns and was further formalized during the Tudor and Stuart periods. Wicklow's history encompasses periods of Irish Gaelic control, Norman influence, and English administration, with the landscape bearing traces of these different eras. Like many rural townlands in the county, Ballynabrocky would have been organized around agricultural activity, with local communities relying on farming, pastoral agriculture, and small-scale settlement patterns. The precise historical details of Ballynabrocky's development would require consultation of historical records, land surveys, and local archives.
As a townland, Ballynabrocky serves as an important geographic and administrative unit within County Wicklow's local identity and land organization. The townland system remains significant in Irish place names, land records, and community identity, even as modern administrative divisions have overlaid these traditional boundaries. Ballynabrocky, like other townlands in the region, contributes to the cultural and geographic heritage of Wicklow, maintaining connections to the area's rural character and historical settlement patterns. For residents and those with family connections to the area, such townlands represent important markers of local belonging and heritage within the Irish landscape.
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- Parish
- County
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Irish Name
Buaile na Brocaí
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Barony
Talbotstown Lower
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
Townland Location
OpenStreetMapDetails
- English
- Ballynabrocky
- Irish
- Buaile na Brocaí
- Parish
- Blessington
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- County
- Wicklow