118
Census Records
13
Households
2
Census Years
- People
- 67
- Households
- 7
- People
- 51 -23.9%
- Households
- 6 -14.3%
About
Curraghlea is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Donegal peninsula. The townland forms part of the rural, sparsely populated countryside that characterizes much of inland Donegal. The terrain in this region is generally hilly and moorland in character, with the landscape shaped by glacial activity that left behind a complex topography of hills, valleys, and bogland typical of the northwest coast. Like many townlands in Donegal, Curraghlea reflects the region's exposure to Atlantic weather patterns and the agricultural heritage that has long defined settlement patterns in the area.
As a townland, Curraghlea is part of Ireland's ancient system of land division, in which the country was historically subdivided into thousands of small administrative and social units. This townland system dates back centuries and reflects patterns of settlement, land ownership, and community organization that evolved over medieval and early modern periods. Townlands served important functions in local governance, taxation, and the organization of rural life, and many retain cultural and genealogical significance for local families and descendants of those who lived there historically.
Curraghlea, like many rural Donegal townlands, would have been shaped by the economic activities of its inhabitants, primarily small-scale farming and pastoral agriculture. The community would have been connected to broader patterns of Irish rural life, including the challenges of subsistence farming on often marginal land and the social structures that organized family and village life. Today, Curraghlea remains part of the intricate patchwork of townlands that gives Donegal its distinctive character, representing the deep historical roots of rural Irish settlement and community.
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Irish Name
An Currach Liath
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Barony
Kilmacrenan
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
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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