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Localidad

Ballykeerogebeg

Baile Ciaróg Beag

103

Registros censales

22

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
45
Hogares
10
1911 Censo
Personas
58 +28.9%
Hogares
12 +20%

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Ballykeerogebeg is a small townland located in County Wexford in the southeast of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a traditional division of land with roots extending back centuries. The townland falls within the broader landscape of the Wexford countryside, characterized by rolling agricultural land, hedgerows, and the typical patchwork of fields that define much of rural southeastern Ireland. The area's geography reflects the glacial and post-glacial shaping common to the Irish landscape, with soil types and terrain suited to pastoral and arable farming that has sustained rural communities throughout this region.

The history of Ballykeerogebeg, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the broader history of County Wexford and Ireland itself. The townland system itself originated in medieval times and became standardized during the Anglo-Norman period, with names often deriving from Irish language origins. Wexford has a particularly significant place in Irish history, notably as the site of the 1798 Rebellion, though the specific role of individual townlands in such events is often difficult to document without detailed local historical records. The area would have experienced the same patterns of rural life, land tenure changes, and social transformations that affected Wexford more broadly over the centuries.

Ballykeerogebeg remains a part of the living landscape of County Wexford, contributing to the region's agricultural heritage and rural character. Today, like many small townlands, it exists primarily as a geographic and administrative designation rather than as a nucleated settlement with distinctive structures or institutions. Its significance lies in its place within the intricate web of local geography and community memory, representing the everyday spaces where rural life continues in southeastern Ireland. For those with family connections to the area or researchers of Irish townland history, such places serve as important anchors for understanding the structure and settlement patterns of the Irish countryside.

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Parroquia

Kilmokea

Condado

Wexford

Nombre en irlandés

Baile Ciaróg Beag

Baronía

Shelburne

Valuation Office Records

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

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52 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
Ballykeerogebeg
Irlandés
Baile Ciaróg Beag
Parroquia
Kilmokea
Baronía
Shelburne
Condado
Wexford