18
Localidades
1,445
Registros censales
251
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 1,249
- Hogares
- 218
- Personas
- 196 -84.3%
- Hogares
- 33 -84.9%
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Lickerrig is a parish located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader region known as Connemara. The parish lies in a landscape characteristic of western Galway, featuring rolling hills, bogland, and moorland typical of the Irish west coast. The terrain is generally rugged and windswept, with scattered settlements dispersed across the countryside. The parish's geography reflects the broader topography of Connemara, which is known for its dramatic natural beauty, including proximity to mountains and coastal influences that shape the local climate and vegetation patterns.
The parish has its roots in Ireland's ancient ecclesiastical organization, as many Irish parishes developed around early monastic settlements and local churches. Like much of rural Ireland, Lickerrig would have been shaped by patterns of settlement, agriculture, and religious life that developed over centuries. The local community would have been historically centered around pastoral farming, fishing where accessible, and subsistence agriculture adapted to the challenging terrain of western Galway. The parish structure itself reflects the influence of the Catholic Church in organizing Irish rural communities, particularly following the Reformation period.
Lickerrig maintains significance as a local community parish where the church continues to serve as a focal point for religious and social life. The parish represents the continuation of established Irish rural settlement patterns, where dispersed families maintain ties to their townland and parish identity. This identity remains important in rural Irish culture, where parish membership often reflects deep family and historical connections to a particular place, even as modern Irish society has become increasingly urbanized and mobile.
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Athenry
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Nombre en irlandés
An Leac Dhearg
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 2 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Athenry
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