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Condado de Meath

Localidad

Boyerstown

Baile Bháigh

211

Registros censales

41

Hogares

3

Años del censo

1821 Censo
Personas
112
Hogares
20
1901 Censo
Personas
55 -50.9%
Hogares
10 -50%
1911 Censo
Personas
44 -20%
Hogares
11 +10%

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Boyerstown is a small townland located in County Meath in the province of Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it forms part of the broader rural landscape that characterizes much of County Meath's interior regions. The area is situated within the central Irish plain, characterized by gently rolling agricultural land typical of the midlands. The townland, as with many in Ireland, represents a historical administrative division that continues to define local geography and community identity, even as modern local government structures have evolved considerably since the townland system's establishment.

County Meath itself has a rich historical heritage, being one of Ireland's most historically significant counties with connections to ancient Celtic culture, early Christian settlement, and Norman influence. While specific documented events may not be widely recorded for Boyerstown as an individual townland, it exists within this broader historical context. The townland system itself dates back centuries in Ireland, with townlands originally serving as the basic territorial unit for land organization and administration. Many townlands in County Meath reflect patterns of settlement and land use established over medieval and early modern periods.

Boyerstown, like numerous small townlands throughout County Meath, would have been primarily engaged in agricultural pursuits, with farming forming the backbone of the local economy and way of life. The surrounding landscape would have provided grazing land and arable fields typical of Irish agricultural communities. As part of the wider rural fabric of County Meath, Boyerstown represents the dispersed settlement pattern common to Irish countryside, where small communities and individual holdings are scattered across the agricultural landscape rather than concentrated in large villages.

Today, Boyerstown remains part of the living landscape of County Meath, contributing to the cultural and geographic identity of the region. Like many Irish townlands, it serves as a reference point for local residents and maintains significance in terms of local identity and heritage, even as modern life and infrastructure have transformed rural Ireland considerably. The townland continues to represent an important link to Ireland's historical territorial organization and rural heritage.

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Parroquia

Ardbraccan

Condado

Meath

Nombre en irlandés

Baile Bháigh

Baronía

Navan Lower

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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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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Detalles

Inglés
Boyerstown
Irlandés
Baile Bháigh
Parroquia
Ardbraccan
Baronía
Navan Lower
Condado
Meath