52
Registros censales
13
Hogares
1
Año del censo
- Personas
- 52
- Hogares
- 13
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Ballyrogan is a townland situated in County Down in Northern Ireland, located within the broader landscape of the Mourne region. The area is characterized by the rolling terrain typical of south County Down, with views toward the Mourne Mountains that dominate the southern horizon. The townland sits within the general hinterland between the coastal settlements and the more mountainous interior, forming part of the rural patchwork of small farms, fields, and scattered dwellings that characterize this part of Ulster. The local geography reflects the drumlin belt's influence, with gentle hills and valleys shaped by glacial activity during the last ice age.
The Mourne region has a long history of settlement and land use, with evidence of human activity stretching back many centuries. Like many Irish townlands, Ballyrogan's name and boundaries reflect patterns of historical land division under both Gaelic and Anglo-Norman systems of organization. The area would have been part of the broader pattern of rural life in County Down, influenced by the major historical developments affecting the region, including the Ulster Plantation of the seventeenth century and subsequent agricultural development. The townland system itself, of which Ballyrogan is one unit, remains an important administrative and cultural feature of the Irish landscape.
As a rural townland in modern County Down, Ballyrogan forms part of a community connected to the wider region through local roads, neighboring settlements, and shared institutions. The area's significance lies in its role as part of the agricultural and residential fabric of south County Down, contributing to the region's rural character and heritage. Like many such townlands, it represents the continuity of Irish place names and territorial organization that has persisted despite major historical changes, serving as a tangible link between contemporary rural communities and their historical past.
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Baronía
Mourne
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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