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Kilcumeragh, Condado de Westmeath

Distrito

Kilcumeragh

Condado de Westmeath

9

Townlands

482

Registros censales

93

Hogares

1

Año del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
482
Hogares
93

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Kilcumeragh is a small rural district located in County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland, situated in the midlands region of the country. The area is characterized by the undulating landscape typical of the Irish midlands, with agricultural land, pastures, and scattered woodlands forming the primary features of the terrain. Like much of County Westmeath, the district benefits from proximity to water features and has a landscape shaped by glaciation during the ice age, which left behind the gentle rolling hills and small lakes that define the region. The area is primarily rural in character, with dispersed settlement patterns and a strong agricultural heritage.

The history of Kilcumeragh, as with many Irish townlands, is rooted in its place names and ecclesiastical heritage. The prefix "Kil-" in Irish place names typically derives from "cill," meaning church, suggesting that the area had religious significance in medieval Ireland. Like other regions in County Westmeath, Kilcumeragh would have been shaped by the broader historical patterns that affected the Irish midlands, including monastic settlement, Anglo-Norman influence, and the subsequent social and economic changes through the medieval and early modern periods.

As a rural townland within County Westmeath, Kilcumeragh is part of a district with strong connections to farming, local community networks, and traditional Irish rural life. The area is part of the wider Westmeath landscape that has remained predominantly agricultural, with family farms and rural enterprises forming the backbone of the local economy. The community's significance lies in its role as part of the fabric of rural Irish life, where local connections, church parishes, and land stewardship have historically been central to community identity and social organization.

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Condado

Westmeath

Jurisdicción

República de Irlanda

Años del censo

1901

Townlands

9 townlands registradas

Ubicación del distrito

OpenStreetMap

Detalles

Distrito
Kilcumeragh
Condado
Westmeath
Irlandés
An Iarmhí
Jurisdicción
República de Irlanda