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Localidades
1,658
Registros censales
371
Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 1,087
- Hogares
- 254
- Personas
- 571 -47.5%
- Hogares
- 117 -53.9%
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Killea is a small rural parish located in County Waterford in the province of Munster in the southeast of Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of the Waterford countryside, characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and the natural features typical of the region. Like much of County Waterford, the area is part of the wider geography that includes proximity to river valleys and the varied terrain between the coast and inland regions. The parish forms part of the local administrative and ecclesiastical divisions that have structured rural Irish communities for centuries.
The parish, like many in Ireland, has its roots in early Christian settlement and monastic traditions that shaped the religious and social fabric of the region. The ecclesiastical parish system became formalized during the medieval period and has remained a significant organizational structure in Irish rural life. Killea, as with other Waterford parishes, would have developed around a local church or religious site that served as a focal point for the community. The historical development of the parish reflects the broader patterns of Irish rural history, including the influence of the Norman conquest, the establishment of the Church of Ireland structure, and the religious changes that followed the Reformation.
The parish remains an important unit of local identity and community organization in contemporary Waterford. Church buildings, graveyards, and other parish infrastructure continue to serve both religious and social functions for residents. The landscape itself carries the marks of long habitation, with field patterns, local place names, and archaeological features that reflect centuries of human settlement and agricultural use. For those with family or ancestral connections to the area, the parish represents a meaningful point of reference in tracing Irish heritage and understanding the local history of County Waterford.
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Baronía
Gaultiere
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Nombre en irlandés
Cill Aodha
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
1,531 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 23 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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- Killea
- Irlandés
- Cill Aodha
- Baronía
- Gaultiere
- Condado
- Waterford