78
Registros censales
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Hogares
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Ballyarkane Eighter is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland is situated in the fertile lowlands and rolling countryside that characterizes much of the inland areas of County Kerry, positioned within the broader landscape that transitions between coastal regions and upland terrain. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a historic division of land that has remained significant to local geography and community organization for centuries. The area's topography and soil composition have traditionally made it suitable for pastoral farming, which has formed the economic backbone of rural Kerry for generations.
The townland, like others throughout County Kerry, reflects the complex historical layers of Irish settlement, land division, and rural development. The townland system itself originated in medieval Ireland and was further formalized during the Anglo-Norman period and subsequent English administration. Ballyarkane Eighter would have been subject to the various landlord systems and land reforms that shaped rural Ireland from the medieval period through the 19th and 20th centuries, including the impacts of the Great Famine and subsequent land legislation that altered patterns of ownership and tenancy.
As a rural townland in Kerry, Ballyarkane Eighter would have maintained the character typical of small agricultural communities in the region, with scattered homesteads, field systems, and local connections to neighboring townlands and larger settlements. The significance of such townlands to their local communities extends beyond economic function to encompass social identity, family history, and cultural continuity. For residents and those with family connections to the area, Ballyarkane Eighter represents part of the intricate local geography that defines life in rural Kerry and connects individuals to their ancestral landscape and community heritage.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile Uí Earcáin Íochtair
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Baronía
Trughanacmy
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
74 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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