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Localidades
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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 68
- Hogares
- 13
- Personas
- 64 -5.9%
- Hogares
- 13 0%
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Scurlockstown is a small parish located in County Meath in the province of Leinster, situated in the east-central region of Ireland. The parish is positioned within the broader landscape of the Irish Midlands, an area characterized by gently rolling countryside, pastoral farmland, and river valleys. Like much of County Meath, Scurlockstown's terrain reflects the glacial geography of Ireland, with fertile soil that has historically supported agricultural activity. The landscape is typical of the region, comprising fields used for cattle grazing and crop cultivation, interspersed with hedgerows, small woodlands, and traditional stone walls that mark property boundaries.
The parish of Scurlockstown, like other civil parishes in Ireland, has roots extending back centuries into the medieval and early modern periods. County Meath itself holds significant historical importance in Irish heritage, being associated with the Hill of Tara and ancient Celtic traditions. Parish structures in Ireland developed through a combination of ecclesiastical organization by the Catholic Church and later civil administrative divisions established by English colonial authorities. Scurlockstown would have followed this pattern of development, with its community organized around local church life and agricultural rhythms that defined rural Irish society for generations.
The parish maintains its character as a rural community where local identity remains connected to the land and traditional ways of life, though like many small rural parishes in Ireland, it has experienced demographic shifts associated with modernization and emigration. The parish church and the broader network of community institutions serve as focal points for local social and religious life. Scurlockstown's significance lies primarily in its role as a local community unit where residents maintain connections to their ancestral heritage and participate in parish-based activities and traditions that continue to define rural Irish life.
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Baronía
Deece Lower
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile an Scorlógaigh
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Localidades
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
10 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 6 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Scurlockstown
- Irlandés
- Baile an Scorlógaigh
- Baronía
- Deece Lower
- Condado
- Meath