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Condado de Galway

Localidad

Annaghcallow

Eanach Calaidh

28

Registros censales

4

Hogares

1

Año del censo

1911 Censo
Personas
28
Hogares
4

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Annaghcallow is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a traditional unit of land division that has structured rural settlement patterns for centuries. The townland lies within the broader landscape of Galway's countryside, an area characterized by the rolling terrain, stone walls, and scattered farmsteads typical of rural western Ireland. The landscape reflects both natural geography and centuries of human land management, with fields divided by traditional dry stone walls and hedgerows that are common throughout the region.

The name Annaghcallow, like many Irish townland names, has Gaelic origins, with "Annagh" typically referring to a marsh or fen in Irish place nomenclature. This linguistic heritage reflects the deep historical roots of Irish settlement and land use patterns. Townlands such as Annaghcallow were important administrative divisions in historical Ireland and continue to serve as geographic references in contemporary rural areas. The region around Annaghcallow has been inhabited and worked by farming communities for generations, with settlement patterns and land use shaped by both practical considerations and historical inheritance.

Today, Annaghcallow remains part of the living rural landscape of County Galway, contributing to the patchwork of small communities and agricultural land that characterizes much of the county. Like many rural Irish townlands, it represents both a geographic location and a repository of local knowledge and community identity. The continued existence of such townlands underscores the persistence of traditional settlement patterns and the enduring importance of land-based livelihoods in rural Ireland, even as broader economic and social changes reshape Irish society.

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Parroquia

Clonfert

Condado

Galway

Nombre en irlandés

Eanach Calaidh

Baronía

Longford

Valuation Office Records

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

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

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

Ubicación de la localidad

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Detalles

Inglés
Annaghcallow
Irlandés
Eanach Calaidh
Parroquia
Clonfert
Baronía
Longford
Condado
Galway