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Condado de Carlow

Localidad

Ballyellin and Tomdarragh

Baile Eilín agus Tom Darach

138

Registros censales

35

Hogares

1

Año del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
138
Hogares
35

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Ballyellin and Tomdarragh are townlands located in County Carlow in the province of Leinster, in the southeastern region of Ireland. The townlands are situated within the broader landscape of the Carlow countryside, an area characterized by rolling agricultural land, river valleys, and the proximity to the Blackstairs Mountains to the south. This part of County Carlow has historically been pastoral and farming-oriented, with the landscape shaped by centuries of agricultural use and settlement patterns typical of the Irish midlands and southeast.

Like many Irish townlands, Ballyellin and Tomdarragh reflect the complex settlement history of Ireland, where townland divisions date back to the medieval and early modern periods. These small administrative units served as the fundamental geographic and social divisions of rural Ireland, often corresponding to individual farms or small clusters of dwellings. The names themselves, with their Irish linguistic roots, indicate the ancient origins of these place divisions, though the exact historical events associated with these particular townlands are not extensively documented in widely available historical records.

The townlands, as with much of rural County Carlow, would have been shaped by the various historical periods affecting Ireland, including the Anglo-Norman settlement, the Plantation period, and the subsequent development of the Irish agricultural economy. The area's significance would have been primarily local and community-based, centered on farming, family networks, and the social structures that organized rural Irish life. Today, these townlands remain part of the living landscape of County Carlow, representing the continuity of Irish rural settlement and the persistence of traditional townland divisions in the modern administrative and cultural geography of the county.

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Parroquia

Ballyellin

Condado

Carlow

Nombre en irlandés

Baile Eilín agus Tom Darach

Baronía

Idrone East

Valuation Office Records

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

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16 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
Ballyellin and Tomdarragh
Irlandés
Baile Eilín agus Tom Darach
Parroquia
Ballyellin
Baronía
Idrone East
Condado
Carlow