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Condado de Galway

Localidad

Abbeyland Great

Fearann na Mainistreach Mór

176

Registros censales

37

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
128
Hogares
24
1911 Censo
Personas
48 -62.5%
Hogares
13 -45.8%

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Abbeyland Great is a townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the midlands region of the county. The townland forms part of the rural hinterland characteristic of Galway, an area marked by rolling terrain, scattered settlements, and agricultural land use typical of Ireland's interior western counties. Like many Irish townlands, Abbeyland Great represents a defined territorial unit with historical roots in the medieval and early modern divisions of Irish land, though its precise boundaries and extent reflect centuries of administrative and ownership changes.

The name "Abbeyland" suggests a historical connection to monastic or ecclesiastical landholding, a naming pattern found throughout Ireland where abbeys and religious institutions held considerable territorial possessions during the medieval period. While specific documented details about Abbeyland Great's particular monastic associations may be limited in readily available sources, the toponymy indicates the area's integration into the broader system of religious land tenure that characterized medieval Irish society. The "Great" designation typically distinguishes this townland from a smaller adjacent townland of the same root name, a common administrative feature in the Irish townland system.

Today, Abbeyland Great remains part of the rural fabric of County Galway, contributing to the local community structure and land use patterns typical of the county's interior regions. Like many Irish townlands, it serves as a geographic and administrative reference point for residents and local records, even as modern infrastructure and settlement patterns have evolved considerably since the formal townland system was established. The townland's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the local heritage and community identity of the area, representing the continuity of territorial organization that has structured Irish rural society for centuries.

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Parroquia

Clonfert

Condado

Galway

Nombre en irlandés

Fearann na Mainistreach Mór

Baronía

Longford

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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2 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

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

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Detalles

Inglés
Abbeyland Great
Irlandés
Fearann na Mainistreach Mór
Parroquia
Clonfert
Baronía
Longford
Condado
Galway