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Bawnaree is a small townland located in County Laois in the Midlands region of Ireland. It sits within the broader landscape of the Irish Midlands, an area characterized by gently rolling terrain, pastoral farmland, and scattered woodland. Like many townlands in this region, Bawnaree represents the traditional administrative divisions of rural Ireland, where such small geographic units have long served as the basic organizational framework for land and community. The townland is situated in an area with good access to the wider county, though it remains rural and largely agricultural in character.
The history of Bawnaree, as with many Irish townlands, is intertwined with the broader history of County Laois and the Midlands more generally. The region has a complex past spanning Celtic, Norman, and English periods, with the landscape itself bearing witness to centuries of settlement and land use. Townlands like Bawnaree often have origins stretching back to medieval or earlier periods, though detailed written records for individual small townlands can be sparse. The area would have experienced the various upheavals of Irish history, including plantations, land reorganization, and the evolution from Gaelic to Anglo-Norman influence.
Bawnaree, like most rural Irish townlands, is primarily significant as part of the fabric of local community and land ownership. These small administrative units continue to hold meaning for residents and property owners, serving as geographic markers deeply embedded in local identity and land records. The townland exemplifies the pattern of dispersed rural settlement characteristic of County Laois, where farming families and their holdings have traditionally been scattered across the countryside rather than concentrated in larger villages, creating a landscape of fields, scattered houses, and small communities.
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- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Bán an Fhraoigh
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Baronía
Maryborough West
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Ubicación de la localidad
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- Inglés
- Bawnaree
- Irlandés
- Bán an Fhraoigh
- Parroquia
- Clonenagh and Clonagheen
- Baronía
- Maryborough West
- Condado
- Laois
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Registros censales históricos
2 sin vincularEstos registros censales coinciden con el nombre Bawnaree pero no se pudieron vincular automáticamente con esta localidad. El nombre histórico puede referirse a una calle, subdivisión o antigua demarcación que ya no existe como unidad separada.
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