90
Registros censales
19
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 45
- Hogares
- 11
- Personas
- 45 0%
- Hogares
- 8 -27.3%
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Ballyruther is a small townland located in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county's rolling terrain and rural character. The townland lies in an area characterized by the typical geography of mid-Antrim, with pastoral farmland, hedgerows, and scattered rural settlements. Like many townlands in this region, Ballyruther reflects the patchwork of small agricultural communities that have historically defined the Irish countryside, with its landscape shaped by centuries of farming practices and land division patterns inherited from earlier centuries.
The name Ballyruther, like many Irish townland names, derives from the Irish language—"Bally" being a common prefix meaning village or settlement, combined with a personal or descriptive element. The townland's history is intertwined with the broader development of County Antrim, which experienced significant change during the medieval period and particularly during the Ulster Plantation in the early 17th century. The region around Ballyruther would have been affected by these waves of settlement and land reorganization that transformed Ulster's demographic and social structure.
Today, Ballyruther remains a quiet rural townland, representative of the many small settlements that comprise the fabric of County Antrim. Its significance lies primarily in its role as part of the local community's heritage and landscape, preserving the historical townland system that continues to structure Irish geography. For residents and those with ancestral connections to the area, Ballyruther represents part of the enduring continuity of rural Irish settlement patterns and community identity.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Glenarm Upper
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
6 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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