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Condado de Kerry

Localidad

Ballindooganig

Baile an Dúgánaigh

109

Registros censales

18

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
56
Hogares
9
1911 Censo
Personas
53 -5.4%
Hogares
9 0%

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Ballindooganig is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwestern region of Ireland. The area is situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula, characterized by rugged coastal terrain, rolling hills, and moorland typical of this part of County Kerry. The townland is part of the wider administrative and cultural area that encompasses numerous small settlements scattered across the peninsula, where the landscape has been shaped by both natural geological processes and centuries of human habitation and agricultural use.

The history of Ballindooganig, like many Irish townlands, extends back through centuries of Gaelic settlement and land use. Townlands in this region carry Irish names that often reflect features of the landscape or historical occupation patterns. The area's development has been closely tied to pastoral farming and traditional rural livelihoods that have characterized the Dingle Peninsula for generations. The townland represents part of the broader historical fabric of Kerry, a county with deep roots in Gaelic Irish culture and history.

As a small rural townland, Ballindooganig is representative of the dispersed settlement patterns found throughout the Irish countryside. These townlands serve as important units of local identity and community organization, though many are quite sparsely populated in contemporary times. The area reflects the challenges and changes that have affected rural Irish communities, including patterns of emigration and shifts in agricultural practices that have transformed the countryside over recent decades.

Ballindooganig maintains significance as part of the cultural and geographic identity of the Dingle Peninsula and County Kerry more broadly. Small townlands like this one are fundamental units of Irish geography and local heritage, and they continue to be important to residents and to the preservation of rural Irish identity and tradition, even as many experience demographic changes typical of remote rural areas.

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Parroquia

Ballyseedy

Condado

Kerry

Nombre en irlandés

Baile an Dúgánaigh

Baronía

Trughanacmy

Valuation Office Records

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

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28 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
Ballindooganig
Irlandés
Baile an Dúgánaigh
Parroquia
Ballyseedy
Baronía
Trughanacmy
Condado
Kerry