194
Registros censales
34
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 100
- Hogares
- 18
- Personas
- 94 -6%
- Hogares
- 16 -11.1%
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Aghaloonteen is a small townland located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. The townland lies in a region characterized by rolling hills, bogland, and moorland typical of inland Mayo. The area is part of the wider countryside that defines much of the Irish midwestern terrain, with its combination of agricultural land and natural wetlands. Like many Mayo townlands, Aghaloonteen would have historically been bounded by traditional field systems and local geographical markers that defined community territories long before modern administrative divisions.
The townland, like much of County Mayo, has deep roots in Irish history. Mayo's landscape is marked by centuries of settlement, from prehistoric times through the medieval period and into the modern era. Townlands such as Aghaloonteen represent the smallest administrative divisions in the Irish land system, a hierarchy that developed over centuries through various surveys and land divisions. The naming of such townlands often reflects Irish linguistic heritage, with many names deriving from Irish language origins, though the specific historical etymology and significance of Aghaloonteen's name would require detailed historical and linguistic research to fully establish.
Aghaloonteen, like many rural Mayo townlands, is primarily significant as part of the local community's cultural and geographical identity. These small administrative units have traditionally served to organize land ownership, parish boundaries, and local social structures. For residents and those with family connections to the area, such townlands hold particular meaning as markers of place and heritage. The survival and continued recognition of townland names in Mayo reflects the importance of these divisions in Irish local identity and historical record-keeping, even as modern life has transformed rural communities.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Achadh Lóintín
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Baronía
Tirawley
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- Achadh Lóintín
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- Addergoole
- Baronía
- Tirawley
- Condado
- Mayo