89
Registros censales
20
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 50
- Hogares
- 11
- Personas
- 39 -22%
- Hogares
- 9 -18.2%
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Busherstown is a small townland located in County Carlow in the province of Leinster in the southeast of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of the Carlow region, which is characterized by gently rolling countryside interspersed with agricultural land, woodland, and small settlements. Like many Irish townlands, Busherstown represents one of the traditional territorial divisions of the Irish landscape, with roots stretching back centuries into Ireland's administrative and social history. The area is typical of rural Carlow, with a mix of pasture and cultivated fields that form part of the working agricultural landscape of the midlands.
The townland system itself, of which Busherstown is a part, has its origins in medieval Ireland and was further systematized during the English colonial period. Townlands served as fundamental units of land division and were used for taxation, legal, and administrative purposes. Busherstown, like other townlands in Carlow, would have been shaped by the broader historical forces affecting the region, including Norman settlement, Tudor plantation policies, and later landlord-tenant systems. The name itself, like many Irish place names, likely reflects the language and culture of those who settled or held land there over the centuries.
Today, Busherstown remains a quiet rural townland within County Carlow's landscape. It is part of a region that maintains significant agricultural activity while also being touched by modern rural development and change. The townland, while small and not widely known beyond the local area, represents the fabric of rural Irish communities that continue to sustain farming traditions and local heritage. For residents and those with family connections to the area, Busherstown holds local significance as part of their ancestral landscape and contemporary home place.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile Bhúiséir
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Baronía
Carlow
- 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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