340
Registros censales
78
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 183
- Hogares
- 39
- Personas
- 157 -14.2%
- Hogares
- 39 0%
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Ballygalvert is a small townland located in County Wexford in the southeastern region of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Wexford, an area characterized by fertile agricultural land, rolling countryside, and proximity to the Irish coastline. Like many townlands in County Wexford, Ballygalvert forms part of the intricate patchwork of rural settlement patterns that have developed across the county over centuries. The area is typical of the Wexford hinterland, with its mix of farmland, hedgerows, and scattered residential properties that reflect the predominantly agricultural character of the region.
The townland system itself, which defines Ballygalvert's administrative and historical identity, represents one of Ireland's distinctive features of territorial organization. Townlands are ancient territorial divisions that predate modern county boundaries and often reflect patterns of settlement established in medieval and earlier periods. Ballygalvert, like thousands of other Irish townlands, carries a name derived from Irish language roots, with "Bally" typically indicating a settlement or homestead. These townlands have served as important units of local identity and land organization throughout Irish history, and many retain cultural and genealogical significance for families with historical connections to their areas.
Today, Ballygalvert remains a quiet rural townland within the Wexford landscape, part of a broader community network typical of the Irish countryside. While it may lack dramatic historical monuments or widely known landmarks, townlands like Ballygalvert form the foundation of rural Irish life and identity. For those with family connections to the area, such townlands carry genealogical importance, particularly given the extensive Irish emigration patterns of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Local knowledge and community memory preserve the significance of such places within their regions, even when they receive limited broader recognition.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile Ghealbhaird
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Baronía
Bantry
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
84 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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