21
Census Records
4
Households
1
Census Year
- People
- 21
- Households
- 4
About
Curraghcreen is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Irish midlands. Like many townlands in this region, it encompasses a modest area of rural land characterized by the rolling countryside typical of County Galway. The landscape is marked by a patchwork of fields, stone walls, and scattered farmsteads that reflect centuries of agricultural use and settlement patterns. The townland's name, derived from Irish, suggests connections to the local geography and historical occupation of the land, as is common with Irish place names.
The history of Curraghcreen, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in patterns of rural settlement and land use that developed over centuries. Townlands in this region were traditionally organized for both administrative and pastoral purposes, supporting farming communities and their families. The area would have experienced the various historical upheavals that shaped County Galway and the wider west of Ireland, including changes in land ownership and use from medieval times through the colonial period and into modern times.
Curraghcreen, like other townlands in County Galway, remains part of the living rural landscape of the region. While it may not be widely known outside its immediate locality, it represents an important part of Ireland's townland system, a unique administrative and cultural feature that continues to define how Irish rural communities understand their geography and identity. The townland remains integrated into the local community's sense of place and heritage, even as rural Ireland continues to evolve and change.
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- Parish
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Irish Name
An Currach Críon
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Barony
Clare
- Logainm
Townland Location
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1 matchedHistorical Census Records
1 unlinkedThese census records match the name Curraghcreen but could not be automatically linked to this townland. The historical name may refer to a street, subdivision, or older boundary that no longer exists as a separate unit.
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