133
Registros censales
26
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 67
- Hogares
- 13
- Personas
- 66 -1.5%
- Hogares
- 13 0%
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Bridgetown Lower is a townland located in County Cork in the province of Munster in the Republic of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it is a small administrative division of land with its own distinctive name and recorded boundaries. The townland forms part of the broader landscape of Cork, a county known for its varied terrain combining agricultural land, river valleys, and coastal features. The specific geographic context of Bridgetown Lower situates it within the intricate patchwork of Cork's hundreds of townlands, each contributing to the county's distinctive character and heritage.
The history of Bridgetown Lower, like much of rural Cork, is connected to Ireland's long and complex past, including periods of agricultural development, landlord-tenant relations, and the social changes brought by Irish independence and modernisation. Townlands throughout Cork bear the marks of this history in their names, field patterns, and archaeological features. The naming of Bridgetown Lower itself suggests historical settlement patterns and the importance of bridges or crossing points in the locality, though the specific origins and development of this particular townland would require consultation of local historical records and archives to detail with precision.
Bridgetown Lower's significance lies primarily in its role as part of Cork's rural heritage and identity. Like other townlands, it represents a unit of land organisation that has persisted in Irish administrative and social structures for centuries. For residents and those with family connections to the area, such townlands hold personal and cultural importance, serving as markers of place, ancestry, and community belonging. The townland system itself remains a distinctive feature of the Irish landscape and represents an important layer of local geographic and cultural knowledge.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile an Droichid Íochtarach
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Baronía
Fermoy
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
84 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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