85
Registros censales
16
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 46
- Hogares
- 9
- Personas
- 39 -15.2%
- Hogares
- 7 -22.2%
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Ballylin is a small townland situated in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. Like many rural townlands in this region, it forms part of the broader landscape of the Donegal hills and countryside, characterized by rolling terrain, moorland, and scattered farmsteads typical of the Irish northwest. The townland system, an administrative division inherited from historical land surveys, remains a defining feature of rural Irish geography, and Ballylin represents one of many such small settlements that dot the county.
The history of Ballylin, as with most Donegal townlands, is deeply rooted in the region's complex past. The area reflects the patterns of Irish rural settlement and land use that developed over centuries, influenced by the broader historical events affecting County Donegal, including periods of native Irish control, plantation activities, and the development of the agricultural economy. The townland would have been shaped by the various waves of settlement and demographic change that characterize the Irish countryside.
Ballylin, like many rural townlands, serves as the home for local farming families and represents an important unit of community identity and land administration. Such townlands remain significant in how rural life is organized and how people define their sense of place and belonging within the broader landscape of County Donegal. The preservation of townland names and their continued use in addressing and local reference underscores their enduring importance to Irish rural heritage and community structure.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile Uí Fhloinn
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Baronía
Kilmacrenan
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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