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Localidades
615
Registros censales
130
Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 343
- Hogares
- 72
- Personas
- 272 -20.7%
- Hogares
- 58 -19.4%
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Killulagh is a small rural parish located in County Westmeath in the Midlands region of Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of the Irish Midlands, an area characterized by rolling countryside, farmland, and bogland typical of the central plains. Like many parishes in this region, Killulagh's landscape reflects the pastoral and agricultural heritage that has shaped the area for centuries. The parish forms part of the local administrative and ecclesiastical geography of County Westmeath, which is known for its lakes, rivers, and relatively gentle topography compared to Ireland's western coastal regions.
The parish of Killulagh, like other Irish parishes, has roots extending back through medieval and early Christian history. Many Irish parishes developed around early monastic settlements or churches, and their names often reflect this heritage through their Irish language origins. The ecclesiastical organization of such parishes became formalized during the medieval period and persisted through subsequent centuries, despite the significant religious changes that occurred during and after the Reformation. The parish structure remained important to community life and continues to hold cultural and historical significance for local residents.
Killulagh, as a parish community in County Westmeath, would have been part of the broader social and economic fabric of rural Irish life. The parish served traditionally as a focal point for religious observance and community gathering, with the local church being a central institution. Like many rural Irish parishes, Killulagh's history would have been intertwined with agriculture, land tenure patterns, and the relationships between local families and landholders. The parish community would have experienced the various transformations of Irish society, from the pre-Famine period through modernization and emigration that characterized the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Today, Killulagh remains part of the ecclesiastical and cultural landscape of County Westmeath, though like many rural Irish parishes it faces the demographic and social changes common to remote countryside areas. The parish retains significance as a unit of local identity and heritage, even as modern administrative structures have evolved. For those with family connections to the area, the parish name carries genealogical importance, and local history remains a point of community interest and connection to Ireland's past.
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Baronía
Delvin
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Nombre en irlandés
Cill Uailleach
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
28 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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- Cill Uailleach
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- Delvin
- Condado
- Westmeath