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Localidad

Ballinatona

Baile na Tóna

90

Registros censales

17

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
50
Hogares
9
1911 Censo
Personas
40 -20%
Hogares
8 -11.1%

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Ballinatona is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster region of Ireland. It is situated in the south-central part of the county, characterized by the rolling hills and pastoral landscape typical of much of Cork's inland terrain. The surrounding area is predominantly rural, with scattered farmsteads and traditional field boundaries marking the agricultural character of the region. The townland falls within the broader context of Cork's diverse topography, which ranges from coastal areas to inland valleys and elevated terrain.

The area, like much of County Cork, has deep historical roots extending back many centuries. Cork's landscape was shaped by successive waves of settlement and land use, from early Christian monastic communities through medieval lordships to the modern agricultural economy. Townlands such as Ballinatona represent the fine-grained administrative divisions that have long organized rural Irish territory, each with its own local identity and historical significance within the broader parish and barony structures. The naming conventions of Irish townlands often reflect Irish language heritage, though the specific etymological origins of Ballinatona would require detailed historical linguistic research to fully establish.

Ballinatona serves as part of the living rural fabric of County Cork, where such townlands continue to anchor community identity and local geography despite broader changes in Irish society and economy. The townland represents the kind of small-scale settlement pattern that characterizes much of rural Ireland, where local knowledge and community connections remain grounded in these traditional territorial divisions. Today, like many rural Irish townlands, Ballinatona reflects the ongoing relationship between agricultural heritage and contemporary life in the Irish countryside.

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Parroquia

Myross

Condado

Cork

Nombre en irlandés

Baile na Tóna

Baronía

Carbery West (E.D.)

Valuation Office Records

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

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44 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
Ballinatona
Irlandés
Baile na Tóna
Parroquia
Myross
Baronía
Carbery West (E.D.)
Condado
Cork