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Localidades
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Registros censales
89
Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 216
- Hogares
- 41
- Personas
- 256 +18.5%
- Hogares
- 48 +17.1%
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Tiranascragh is a parish located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated in the broader region of Connacht. The parish lies in a landscape characteristic of much of rural Galway, featuring rolling terrain interspersed with bog and moorland. The area is part of the wider countryside that defines the midwestern portions of the county, with the landscape shaped by Ireland's temperate maritime climate and glacial geology. Small settlements, stone walls, and scattered homesteads dot the parish, typical of rural Irish townland organization.
The parish has deep historical roots extending back through medieval Ireland and into the early Christian period. Like many Irish parishes, Tiranascragh's ecclesiastical organization reflects the broader church structure that developed across the island from the early Christian era onward. The parish name itself, like many Irish place names, carries linguistic heritage in the Irish language, though detailed records of specific historical events particular to this parish are not universally documented in accessible sources.
The parish, as with many rural communities in Galway, centers around its connection to local agricultural life and traditional Irish community structures. Churches and graveyards typically serve as focal points for parish identity and have historically been central to community gatherings and religious observance. The landscape continues to reflect the long human habitation and land use patterns established over centuries, with the parish forming part of the broader cultural and administrative fabric of County Galway.
Tiranascragh represents one of many parishes that comprise rural Ireland's intricate patchwork of local communities. These parishes, while sometimes small in population, maintain significance as units of local identity and heritage. The parish continues to be relevant to local residents and those with genealogical or historical interest in the region, serving as a geographic and cultural reference point within County Galway's extensive rural landscape.
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- Condado
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Baronía
Longford
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Nombre en irlandés
Tír Chinn Eascrach
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Localidades
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 3 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Longford
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