120
Localidades
12,381
Registros censales
2,838
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2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 6,420
- Hogares
- 1,476
- Personas
- 5,961 -7.1%
- Hogares
- 1,362 -7.7%
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Aghnamullen is a small rural parish located in County Monaghan in the Ulster region of northern Ireland. The parish sits within the distinctive drumlin landscape characteristic of this part of Ireland, an area defined by numerous small rounded hills and valleys that create a gently undulating terrain. The landscape is predominantly agricultural, with small fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads typical of the Irish countryside. The parish is situated in what is historically the heart of the Monaghan region, an area with deep roots in Irish history and culture.
The parish has a long history intertwined with the broader history of County Monaghan and Ulster. Like much of Ireland, Aghnamullen has experienced the various phases of Irish history, from its early Christian heritage through the medieval period, the colonial era, and into modern times. The parish would have been shaped by the patterns of settlement, land tenure, and social change that characterised rural Ulster over centuries. Its name, like many Irish parish names, likely reflects ancient Gaelic origins and the importance of local geographic features or historical figures to the community that developed there.
The parish is centred around its local church and community, as is typical for Irish parishes. These small parishes have historically served as important social and spiritual focal points for rural communities, with the parish church serving not only a religious function but also as a gathering place for local life. The parish represents the kind of close-knit rural settlement pattern that has characterised much of Irish village life, where local connections and community bonds have remained strong despite modernisation and demographic changes.
Aghnamullen, like many small rural parishes in Monaghan, continues to be significant to those with family roots there and contributes to the broader cultural and social fabric of the county. The parish exemplifies the rural heritage of Ulster and the enduring importance of these small administrative and community divisions in Irish life, even as farming practices and rural populations have evolved over recent decades.
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
205 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 57 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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