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Localidades
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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 1,885
- Hogares
- 388
- Personas
- 1,831 -2.9%
- Hogares
- 383 -1.3%
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Emlaghfad is a small parish located in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county known for its rolling hills, boglands, and connections to Irish mythology. The parish falls within the lush countryside characteristic of this region, where the terrain transitions between agricultural land and more rugged moorland. Like much of Sligo, the area is influenced by its proximity to mountains and the Atlantic coast, creating a landscape shaped by both geological forces and centuries of human settlement and land use.
The parish has deep historical roots extending back through Irish ecclesiastical history, as many small parishes in Ireland were originally organized around early Christian monastic settlements and churches. Emlaghfad, like other parishes in Sligo, would have developed around a local church or religious foundation, which served as a focal point for the surrounding community. The parish system itself became more formally defined during the medieval period and was further reorganized during the period of English ecclesiastical administration, reflecting the complex religious and administrative history of Ireland.
The parish remains significant to the local community as a geographic and cultural unit, even as modern life has transformed rural Irish parishes. These traditional divisions continue to hold meaning for residents in terms of local identity, church administration, and community connections. Emlaghfad represents the kind of small rural parish that has been central to Irish social and religious life for centuries, though like many such areas, it has experienced demographic changes and economic shifts common to rural Ireland in recent decades.
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Baronía
Corran
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Nombre en irlandés
Imleach Fhada
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Localidades
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Annals of the Four Masters
Historical references from O'Donovan's edition (1848–51)
1 place in this parish is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters.
Ballymote
The Annals of the Four Masters record Ballymote (Irish: Ath-cliath-an-Chorainn) in 3 entries between AD 1300 and AD 1470.
Source: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, ed. John O'Donovan (1848–51). Public domain.
Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
240 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 8 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Imleach Fhada
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- Corran
- Condado
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