225
Registros censales
46
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 110
- Hogares
- 23
- Personas
- 115 +4.5%
- Hogares
- 23 0%
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Ballymadeerfy is a small townland located in County Down, in the eastern part of Northern Ireland. It sits within the broader landscape of the Mourne region, an area characterized by rolling hills and agricultural land. Like many townlands in this part of Ulster, Ballymadeerfy reflects the typical rural Irish settlement pattern, where dispersed farms and small dwellings are scattered across the countryside rather than concentrated in a dense village center. The townland's name, as with many in Ireland, derives from Irish Gaelic and reflects the long linguistic and cultural heritage of the region.
The area around Ballymadeerfy, like much of County Down, has deep historical roots stretching back centuries. County Down has been shaped by various periods of Irish history, including early Christian settlement, Norman influence, and later Anglo-Irish landlord systems. The townland itself, as a formal administrative unit, reflects the land division systems that developed over medieval and early modern periods. The landscape would have witnessed the gradual transformation from communal Gaelic landholding to the more structured townland system that the English administration imposed and which eventually became the standard way of organizing rural Irish territory.
Today, Ballymadeerfy remains part of the rural fabric of County Down, where agriculture and small-scale farming continue to play a role in the local economy and way of life. Like many rural townlands in Northern Ireland, it represents the quieter, countryside aspect of the region, distinct from larger urban centers. The significance of such townlands to their communities is often understated but meaningful—they form the basic geographic and social units through which people identify themselves and their heritage, and they are fundamental to understanding the settlement patterns and social organization of rural Ireland and Northern Ireland more broadly.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Mourne
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
2 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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