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Garrown, Condado de Cork

Distrito

Garrown

Condado de Cork

16

Townlands

1,071

Registros censales

182

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
554
Hogares
92
1911 Censo
Personas
517 -6.7%
Hogares
90 -2.2%

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Garrown is a small rural district located in County Cork in the Munster province of southwestern Ireland. The area is situated in the rolling countryside that characterizes much of inland Cork, with its landscape defined by agricultural land, scattered farmsteads, and the typical Irish terrain of fields divided by stone walls and hedgerows. Like many rural areas in Cork, Garrown sits within a region of moderate elevation and moderate rainfall, making it suitable for pastoral farming and the maintenance of grasslands that have sustained agricultural communities for centuries.

The district, like much of rural Cork, has deep historical roots in Irish agricultural and social life. The area would have been shaped by the broader patterns of Irish history, including the influence of the Anglo-Norman settlement, the effects of English land policy, and the significant changes brought by the Great Famine of the 1840s, which devastated Irish rural communities. The landscape itself contains evidence of this history through its field patterns, settlement structures, and the presence of local churches and community landmarks that reflect the long occupation and development of the region.

Garrown remains primarily an agricultural community, with its significance rooted in its role within the broader Cork farming economy. The district serves as part of the wider rural infrastructure that supports both traditional and modern farming practices, contributing to the pastoral character of Cork's interior. For local residents, Garrown represents a connection to the land and to the patterns of rural Irish life, though like many small rural districts, it has experienced the demographic and economic shifts that have affected Ireland's countryside in recent decades.

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Condado

Cork

Jurisdicción

República de Irlanda

Años del censo

1901, 1911

Townlands

16 townlands registradas

Ubicación del distrito

OpenStreetMap

Detalles

Distrito
Garrown
Condado
Cork
Irlandés
Corcaigh
Jurisdicción
República de Irlanda