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Killeroran, Condado de Galway

Distrito

Killeroran

Condado de Galway

59

Townlands

4,146

Registros censales

766

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
2,150
Hogares
396
1911 Censo
Personas
1,996 -7.2%
Hogares
370 -6.6%

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Killeroran is a small rural district located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated in the Connemara region. The area is characterized by the rugged, mountainous terrain typical of western Galway, with moorland, bog, and rocky outcrops defining much of the landscape. The district lies in a region known for its dramatic natural scenery, with access to the Atlantic coastal influences and the broader topography shaped by glacial activity during previous ice ages. The settlement pattern reflects traditional Irish rural development, with scattered homesteads and small communities dispersed across the landscape rather than concentrated urban development.

The history of Killeroran, like much of rural Galway, is rooted in the Gaelic Irish tradition and the broader patterns of settlement, land use, and cultural development that have characterized the west of Ireland for centuries. The area would have been shaped by the feudal and later colonial history of Ireland, with changes in land ownership, religious practice, and social structures reflected in the local landscape and community. The Irish language and cultural heritage remain important to the identity of the region, consistent with Galway's status as part of the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht areas.

Killeroran's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the living rural community of Connemara and western Galway. The district represents the kind of small, dispersed settlement pattern that characterizes much of rural Ireland, where agriculture, particularly sheep farming and small-scale farming practices, has traditionally formed the backbone of the local economy. The area's natural landscape and cultural heritage make it part of the broader tourist and cultural interest in Connemara, though it remains a quiet, working rural community rather than a major tourist destination in itself.

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Condado

Galway

Jurisdicción

República de Irlanda

Años del censo

1901, 1911

Townlands

59 townlands registradas

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Detalles

Distrito
Killeroran
Condado
Galway
Irlandés
Gaillimh
Jurisdicción
República de Irlanda

Registros censales

1901 1911 | Buscar a todas las personas →

Townlands

59
Aghrane (or Castlekelly) Aghrane or Castlekelly Aghraue or Castlekelly Attifarry Ballaghdacker Ballinlass Ballinvoher North Ballinvoher South Ballygar Ballygar Town Cartron Cartronearl Charlestown or Pollnamucka Clooncannon Cloonlyon Cloonnabricka Cloonruff Coalpits Coolaspaddaun Coolaspuddaun Cornadrum Cornananta Beg Cornananta More Corrabaun Curraghbaghla Curraghboy Drinaun Easterfield Easterfield (or Cornacask) Eskermurry Garreer Gortacoosaun Gorteenruckaun Gurteenruckaun Hermitage Hollygrove Killeroran Killian (Barony) Kilmore Knockaunarainy Lisheenteige Monasternalea (or Abbeygrey) Monasternalea or Abbeygrey Muckanagh North Muckanagh South Muckanagh, North Newtown Riversdale Rockwood (or Ballagad) Rookwood Shanballymore Slievemurry Srahaunnagort Srahaunnagort (or Thornfield) Sughrane Trihill East Trihill West Tully Tullyroe