17
Townlands
3,439
Registros censales
588
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 1,672
- Hogares
- 282
- Personas
- 1,767 +5.7%
- Hogares
- 306 +8.5%
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Knocknalower is a small rural district situated in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, a region characterized by dramatic landscapes and Atlantic exposure. The area lies within the broader geography of Mayo, which is known for its boglands, mountains, and coastal features. Like much of the western midlands of the county, Knocknalower reflects the typical terrain of inland Mayo, with a mix of farmland, moorland, and the kind of undulating countryside that defines this part of Connacht. The district's landscape has been shaped by both natural geological processes and centuries of human settlement and agricultural use.
The history of Knocknalower, as with much of rural Mayo, is intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish rural life, including periods of significant social and economic change. The townland names and settlement patterns in the area reflect both pre-Norman Irish settlement and the Anglo-Norman influence that spread across Ireland in the medieval period. Like many rural Irish districts, Knocknalower would have experienced the major upheavals of Irish history, including the Great Famine of the 1840s, which had profound demographic consequences for Mayo and the wider west of Ireland, and subsequent emigration that shaped Irish and diaspora communities.
As a rural townland district, Knocknalower's significance lies primarily in its role within the local agricultural and community fabric of County Mayo. The district, like others in the region, would have traditionally centered on farming, with small-scale agriculture forming the economic and social backbone of life. Today, Knocknalower represents the kind of quiet rural Ireland where traditional settlement patterns persist, and where the landscape and community life remain shaped by the region's agricultural heritage and natural environment.
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Jurisdicción
República de Irlanda
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Años del censo
1901, 1911
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Townlands
17 townlands registradas
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- Distrito
- Knocknalower
- Condado
- Mayo
- Irlandés
- Maigh Eo
- Jurisdicción
- República de Irlanda
Registros censales
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