65
Registros censales
15
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 43
- Hogares
- 8
- Personas
- 22 -48.8%
- Hogares
- 7 -12.5%
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Ballysavage is a small townland situated in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, positioned within the broader landscape of the mid-Antrim region. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a historical administrative division that predates modern local government boundaries. The area is characterized by the rolling terrain typical of this part of County Antrim, with a mixed agricultural landscape of fields and hedgerows. The townland's name, like many in Ireland, likely derives from Irish language roots, with "Bally" being a common prefix meaning settlement or place.
The townland, along with others in its immediate vicinity, reflects the long history of human settlement and land use in County Antrim. The region has been shaped by various historical periods, from early Irish settlement through the Norman period and into the plantation era. Townlands themselves were formally standardized during the 19th-century Ordnance Survey mapping of Ireland, which created the detailed land divisions still recognized today. Ballysavage would have been part of the broader pattern of rural settlement and agricultural organization that characterizes much of County Antrim's hinterland.
Like many rural townlands in Northern Ireland, Ballysavage remains primarily agricultural in character, with the landscape continuing to be worked for farming purposes. The townland represents the dispersed settlement pattern common to much of rural Ulster, where individual farms and small clusters of dwellings are scattered across the countryside rather than concentrated in dense villages. For local residents and farming families with historical connections to the area, such townlands hold cultural and genealogical significance, serving as reference points for understanding family histories and local heritage within the broader context of County Antrim's rural communities.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Antrim Upper
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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