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Localidades
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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 507
- Hogares
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- Personas
- 491 -3.2%
- Hogares
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Kilmainebeg is a small parish located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader ecclesiastical and administrative landscape of this rural region. The parish lies in an area characterized by the rolling countryside and boglands typical of County Mayo, with its landscape shaped by the underlying geology of the west of Ireland. Like many parishes in this part of the country, Kilmainebeg is part of the wider network of Catholic parishes that form the backbone of rural Irish ecclesiastical organization, serving the spiritual and communal needs of its inhabitants across dispersed townlands and settlements.
The parish, like much of rural Mayo, has deep historical roots extending back through centuries of Irish religious and social history. The name itself, beginning with "Kil-," derives from the Irish word "cill" meaning church, indicating the presence of an early Christian settlement or church site in the area. As with many Irish parishes, Kilmainebeg's history is intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish Catholic life, including the periods of penal times, the Famine era, and subsequent emigration that shaped the demographic and social character of western Ireland.
The parish would have held significance as a center of local community life, particularly through its church as a focal point for worship, social gathering, and the marking of important life events. In rural Irish parishes of this type, the church and its associated institutions have traditionally served as anchors for community identity and continuity. The parish structure itself represents a long-standing form of local organization that has provided continuity across generations in these rural areas, though like many small rural parishes in Ireland, it may face contemporary challenges related to population change and the evolution of religious practice.
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- Condado
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Baronía
Kilmaine
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Nombre en irlandés
Cill Mheáin Bheag
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Localidades
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 1 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Inglés
- Kilmainebeg
- Irlandés
- Cill Mheáin Bheag
- Baronía
- Kilmaine
- Condado
- Mayo