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Comté de Donegal

Localité

Carrowmore or Glentogher

151

Registres de recensement

27

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1911 Recensement
Personnes
151
Foyers
27

À propos

Carrowmore is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Donegal peninsula. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and moorland typical of this region, with views across open countryside and towards distant mountains. Like much of Donegal, Carrowmore experiences the Atlantic climate, with frequent rainfall and green vegetation throughout the year. The townland forms part of the rural fabric of the county, where scattered houses and farms are interspersed across a landscape shaped by centuries of agricultural use and natural geography.

The history of Carrowmore, as with many Irish townlands, extends back through periods of Gaelic settlement, Norman influence, and subsequent English colonial administration. The townland system itself was formalized during the Tudor and Stuart periods as part of the administrative reorganization of Ireland. Like other areas of Donegal, Carrowmore would have experienced the social and economic changes of the 17th and 18th centuries, including land ownership patterns, tenant farming, and the various upheavals that characterized rural Ireland during this period. The local community would have been shaped by the broader historical currents affecting the northwest of Ireland.

Today, Carrowmore remains a quiet rural townland where farming and small-scale agriculture continue as traditional land uses. The community maintains connections to the wider Donegal region through local services, schools, and parish structures that serve the dispersed population. For those with family roots in the area, Carrowmore represents an important part of Irish genealogical and personal heritage, with many descendants of local families now living elsewhere in Ireland or abroad. The townland, like many in rural Donegal, represents the enduring character of Irish rural life and the deep historical layers embedded in the Irish landscape.

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Paroisse

Donagh

Comté

Donegal

Baronnie

Inishowen East

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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2 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

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Détails

Anglais
Carrowmore or Glentogher
Paroisse
Donagh
Baronnie
Inishowen East
Comté
Donegal