55
Localidades
6,310
Registros censales
909
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 3,176
- Hogares
- 489
- Personas
- 3,134 -1.3%
- Hogares
- 420 -14.1%
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Aglish is a small parish located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. The parish is positioned in a region characterized by the rolling countryside typical of County Mayo, with its mix of farmland, scattered rural settlements, and natural features. Like much of the county, the area encompasses a landscape shaped by both agricultural heritage and the natural topography of the Irish west, though it remains one of the quieter parishes within the county's ecclesiastical and administrative divisions.
The parish, like many in Ireland, has deep historical roots connected to the Catholic Church and the religious landscape of the region. County Mayo itself has significant religious and historical importance in Irish heritage, and its various parishes reflect centuries of community development and faith traditions. Aglish parish would have developed as part of the broader parochial system that organized both spiritual and community life in rural Ireland, a system that remains culturally important in many areas despite significant social changes over recent decades.
The parish serves as a focal point for local community identity, as is typical of Irish parishes. The local parish church and associated community institutions have historically provided gathering places and organizational structures for residents. Like many rural Irish parishes, Aglish would have been central to local events, celebrations, and the maintenance of cultural and religious traditions among its residents, though the specific details of contemporary parish activities would require current local sources to describe accurately.
Today, Aglish remains part of County Mayo's rural fabric, though like many such parishes, it faces the demographic and economic challenges common to rural Ireland. The parish continues to represent an important unit of community organization and identity for those with roots in the area, maintaining connections to the broader heritage and character of County Mayo's western landscape and Irish cultural traditions.
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
904 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 20 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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