64
Registros censales
15
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 34
- Hogares
- 8
- Personas
- 30 -11.8%
- Hogares
- 7 -12.5%
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Befflaght is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the wider landscape of the county's distinctive terrain. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and moorland typical of inland Donegal, with exposure to the Atlantic weather patterns that shape much of the northwestern coastline. Like many Donegal townlands, Befflaght's landscape reflects a combination of upland pasture and rough grazing land, interspersed with the scattered settlements and field boundaries that define rural Irish communities. The townland's topography and soil composition have historically influenced patterns of settlement and agricultural practice in the region.
As part of County Donegal's broader historical narrative, Befflaght reflects the complex layers of Irish rural history spanning Gaelic settlement, plantation-era changes, and the subsequent development of rural communities through the colonial and post-independence periods. The townland system itself, of which Befflaght is one unit, represents an administrative framework that has roots in medieval Ireland and was further systematized during the English plantation period. The local community's connection to the land, Gaelic heritage, and parish structures has endured across centuries of significant social and economic change in Ireland.
Befflaght, like many small Irish townlands, serves as a unit of local identity and community organization. The area remains primarily rural, with its significance rooted in its role as part of the local farming community and in the broader cultural and social networks that connect inhabitants to their townland and parish. The preservation of these small geographic and social units continues to be important to local heritage and sense of place, even as rural Ireland faces ongoing demographic and economic shifts.
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Nombre en irlandés
Beifleacht
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Baronía
Boylagh
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