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Condado de Galway

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Ardfry

Aird Fhraoigh

13

Registros censales

5

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
6
Hogares
2
1911 Censo
Personas
7 +16.7%
Hogares
3 +50%

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Ardfry is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. The area is characterized by the undulating terrain typical of rural Galway, with rolling hills, stone walls, and scattered farmsteads dotting the countryside. Like many townlands in the region, Ardfry reflects the agricultural heritage of the Irish west, with its landscape shaped by centuries of farming practices and pastoral land use. The townland forms part of a patchwork of small rural communities that have defined the character of Galway's interior regions.

The history of Ardfry, as with most Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the patterns of settlement, land tenure, and social organization that developed over centuries. Townlands in Ireland originated as territorial divisions with medieval and earlier origins, serving as units of land measurement and administrative organization. Ardfry would have been shaped by the various upheavals that marked Irish history, including land changes under English rule, the impact of the Famine era, and subsequent emigration patterns that affected rural communities throughout Galway during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Today, Ardfry remains a quiet rural townland representative of the many small communities that comprise the fabric of County Galway. Like many such places, it likely serves primarily as an agricultural area with scattered residential properties. The townland continues to be part of the broader cultural and geographic identity of the region, even as rural Ireland has experienced significant demographic and economic changes in recent decades. For those with family connections to the area, Ardfry represents a link to ancestral roots and local heritage.

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Parroquia

Ballynacourty

Condado

Galway

Nombre en irlandés

Aird Fhraoigh

Baronía

Dunkellin

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
Ardfry
Irlandés
Aird Fhraoigh
Parroquia
Ballynacourty
Baronía
Dunkellin
Condado
Galway