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Localidades
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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 2,348
- Hogares
- 522
- Personas
- 1,351 -42.5%
- Hogares
- 315 -39.7%
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Eglish is a small parish located in County Armagh in Northern Ireland, situated in the northern part of the county within the broader region of Ulster. The landscape is characteristic of the drumlin belt that dominates much of County Armagh, featuring gently rolling hills interspersed with small fields and hedgerows typical of the Irish agricultural countryside. The parish sits in an area of mixed farming terrain, with the surrounding terrain providing a rural character that has been largely maintained throughout its history. The settlement pattern reflects traditional Irish rural organization, with scattered farms and small clusters of houses rather than a single concentrated village center.
The parish of Eglish has roots extending back into medieval Irish ecclesiastical history, as do many parishes in Ireland that take their names from early Christian foundations. Like other rural parishes in County Armagh, Eglish developed within the context of the Church's parish system, which became the fundamental unit of both religious and civil administration in Ireland. The area would have been shaped by the various historical processes that affected Ulster, including the Tudor and Stuart periods, plantation activities, and the subsequent development of the local economy based primarily on agriculture and small-scale rural enterprise.
Eglish parish today represents a typical rural Irish community with deep roots in its landscape and local traditions. The parish maintains its significance as a focus for local identity and community activity, with the parish church serving as an important institutional and spiritual center. The area continues to be characterized by agricultural pursuits and the kind of close-knit social bonds that define rural Irish communities, where church, family, and land remain central to the fabric of local life.
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Baronía
Armagh
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile na hEaglaise
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
9 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 7 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Inglés
- Eglish
- Irlandés
- Baile na hEaglaise
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- Armagh
- Condado
- Armagh