7
Localidades
1,053
Registros censales
164
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 568
- Hogares
- 83
- Personas
- 485 -14.6%
- Hogares
- 81 -2.4%
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Kilcolman is a small parish located in County Limerick in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of mid-Limerick, characterized by the fertile agricultural terrain typical of this region. The landscape is gently rolling, with pastureland and farmland dominating the area, interspersed with hedgerows and scattered settlements. The parish is part of the greater rural countryside that has historically supported farming communities, and this agricultural character remains fundamental to the area's identity and economy.
The parish has its roots in Ireland's medieval ecclesiastical history, as evidenced by the presence of a church and graveyard that serve as focal points for the community. Like many Irish parishes, Kilcolman's development is intertwined with the history of the Catholic Church in Ireland, particularly following the Penal Laws and subsequent Catholic Emancipation. The parish structure itself reflects the long-established religious organization that has persisted in Irish rural communities, serving not only spiritual needs but also functioning as a center of social organization and community life.
Kilcolman remains a working rural parish where the local church and graveyard continue to serve the resident population. The parish exemplifies the kind of small-scale agricultural community that characterizes much of inland Limerick, where farming families have maintained connections to their land across generations. The sense of community identity tied to the parish is typical of rural Irish settlements, where the parish boundaries often define social and administrative relationships among residents, even in the modern era.
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- Condado
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Baronía
Shanid
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Nombre en irlandés
Cill Cholmáin
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Localidades
7 localidades
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
350 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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- Irlandés
- Cill Cholmáin
- Baronía
- Shanid
- Condado
- Limerick