71
Registros censales
16
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 36
- Hogares
- 7
- Personas
- 35 -2.8%
- Hogares
- 9 +28.6%
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Ballygeel is a small townland located in County Limerick in the province of Munster in the Republic of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it is a rural area characterized by agricultural land, countryside landscape, and scattered settlement patterns typical of the Irish midlands. The townland forms part of the broader landscape of County Limerick, an area known for its fertile soils, pastureland, and mixed farming heritage. The region benefits from moderate rainfall and temperate climate conditions suitable for dairy farming and livestock grazing, which have historically been central to the local economy.
The history of Ballygeel, as with many Irish townlands, extends back centuries and is deeply intertwined with the broader history of County Limerick and Irish rural settlement patterns. Townlands in Ireland represent some of the oldest surviving administrative divisions, with many having origins in the medieval or even pre-medieval period. The name "Ballygeel" itself follows typical Irish naming conventions, with "Bally" deriving from the Irish "baile," meaning townland or settlement. Like other areas of Limerick, Ballygeel would have experienced significant historical events including the Anglo-Norman conquest, plantation policies, and the agricultural and social transformations of subsequent centuries.
As a small rural townland, Ballygeel serves primarily as an agricultural community within County Limerick's broader farming economy. Its significance to local communities lies in its role as part of the rural fabric that has sustained farming families and agricultural traditions for generations. The townland represents the kind of dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of Irish rural areas, where small communities maintain social and economic connections to nearby villages and market towns. Today, like many rural Irish townlands, Ballygeel reflects both the continuities and changes affecting Irish countryside communities, balancing traditional agricultural practices with contemporary rural life.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile an Gheimhil
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Baronía
Glenquin
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
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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