About
Clareboy is a small townland located in County Cavan in the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it is a rural administrative division that reflects the historical organization of the Irish landscape. The townland sits within the broader context of Cavan's gently rolling countryside, characterized by the drumlin belt that defines much of the landscape in this region. The area is typical of rural Ulster, with a mix of agricultural land, small settlements, and the natural features that have shaped human habitation patterns for centuries.
The history of Clareboy, like that of most Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the broader history of Cavan and Ulster. The region has been shaped by centuries of settlement, from early Celtic communities through the Anglo-Norman period and into the modern era. County Cavan itself has a rich historical record encompassing monastic settlements, clan territories, plantation-era developments, and the social transformations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Townlands like Clareboy represent the granular units through which this larger historical narrative was actually lived by ordinary people working the land and building communities.
The local community in and around Clareboy would have been shaped by the primary occupation of agriculture, as has been the case throughout rural Cavan for generations. The townland, like others in the county, would have supported farming families whose lives were intimately connected to the land, the seasons, and the broader social structures of rural Irish society. Today, Clareboy remains part of the living landscape of County Cavan, forming part of the cultural and geographic heritage of the region and contributing to the identity of the local areas and communities that encompass it.
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- Parish
- County
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Barony
Loughtee Upper
- 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
- Clareboy
- Parish
- Crosserlough
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- County
- Cavan
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