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Condado de Limerick

Parroquia

Robertstown

Baile Riobaird

31

Localidades

1,404

Registros censales

264

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
716
Hogares
134
1911 Censo
Personas
688 -3.9%
Hogares
130 -3%

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Robertstown is a small parish located in County Limerick in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of the Golden Vale, a fertile agricultural region known for its rich pastoral lands and dairy farming heritage. The terrain is characterized by gently rolling countryside typical of the Limerick landscape, with fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads forming the basic pattern of settlement. The River Maigue and its tributaries flow through the wider area, contributing to the agricultural productivity that has long defined this region.

The parish has its roots in Ireland's medieval ecclesiastical organization, when the landscape was divided into parishes centered on local churches. Like many rural Irish parishes, Robertstown developed around its church and associated community institutions, reflecting the historical dominance of the Catholic Church in shaping parish life and identity. The parish would have been impacted by the various waves of Irish history, including the Reformation, the Penal Laws, and subsequent Catholic Emancipation, which collectively transformed the religious and social character of rural Irish communities.

Today, Robertstown remains a rural parish community, with its character defined by small-scale farming, family connections, and the enduring role of the local church as a focal point for communal life. Like many similar parishes across rural Ireland, it has experienced demographic shifts as younger generations have migrated to larger towns and cities in search of employment and urban amenities. The parish continues to serve as a meaningful geographic and social unit for its residents, maintaining traditions and connections that link the present community to its historical past.

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Condado

Limerick

Baronía

Shanid

Nombre en irlandés

Baile Riobaird

Localidades

31 localidades

Griffith's Valuation

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

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372 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 25 townlands (1830s-1850s).

Top Surnames

Walsh 21 Madigan 11 Mangan 10 Bridgeman 10 Enright 9 Connors 8 Potter 8 Ryan 7 Healy 7 Sheehan 6

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

Ubicación de la parroquia

Robertstown OpenStreetMap

Detalles

Inglés
Robertstown
Irlandés
Baile Riobaird
Baronía
Shanid
Condado
Limerick

Registros censales

Localidades 31