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Condado de Cork

Parroquia

Kilshanahan

Cill Seancháin

10

Localidades

698

Registros censales

129

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
329
Hogares
59
1911 Censo
Personas
369 +12.2%
Hogares
70 +18.6%

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Kilshanahan is a small parish located in County Cork in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of Cork's rural interior, characterized by the rolling hills and valleys typical of this region. The area is part of the barony of Carbery and is situated in a landscape shaped by both agricultural land and natural features common to West Cork. The terrain reflects the geological and topographical patterns of Munster, with the parish forming part of the interconnected network of small settlements and townlands that make up rural Cork's fabric.

The parish, like much of West Cork, has roots extending back through centuries of Irish history. The ecclesiastical organization of parishes in Ireland developed through the medieval period, with Kilshanahan forming part of the diocesan structure that served the local population. The parish name itself, like many in Ireland, likely derives from Irish language origins, though the specific details of its earliest settlement and development reflect the broader patterns of parish formation and local church organization common throughout the region during the medieval and early modern periods.

Kilshanahan remains a working parish within the modern ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross. As with many rural Irish parishes, it serves as a focal point for community life, with the local parish church providing both spiritual and social functions for residents. The parish retains significance as a geographic and administrative unit that helps organize local community identity and services in what remains a rural part of Cork, even as broader changes in Irish society and demographics continue to reshape rural parish life throughout the country.

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Condado

Cork

Baronía

Barrymore

Nombre en irlandés

Cill Seancháin

Localidades

10 localidades

Griffith's Valuation

National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)

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1,493 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 11 townlands (1830s-1850s).

Top Surnames

Barry 188 Murphy 52 Duggan 51 Connell 48 Curtin 45 Walsh 44 Daly 43 Mahony 40 Leahy 39 Wilson 39

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

Ubicación de la parroquia

Kilshanahan OpenStreetMap

Detalles

Inglés
Kilshanahan
Irlandés
Cill Seancháin
Baronía
Barrymore
Condado
Cork

Registros censales

Localidades 10