115
Registros censales
20
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 63
- Hogares
- 11
- Personas
- 52 -17.5%
- Hogares
- 9 -18.2%
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Caltrapallas is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated in the broader landscape of Connemara. The townland forms part of the rural, sparsely populated region characteristic of western Galway, where the terrain transitions between bogland, rocky outcrops, and pockets of improved agricultural land. Like many Connemara townlands, Caltrapallas reflects the dramatic geography of the area, with the Atlantic climate bringing significant rainfall and the landscape shaped by glacial activity during the last ice age. The townland's name, like many in the region, derives from Irish language origins, typical of an area where Irish heritage and language remain deeply embedded in local identity.
The history of Caltrapallas, as with much of rural Galway, is intertwined with patterns of settlement, land tenure, and the broader social changes that affected the Irish countryside over centuries. The townland system itself, which organizes rural Irish space into these named divisions, reflects both medieval and early modern administrative practices. Rural settlements like Caltrapallas would have been shaped by the Great Famine of the 1840s, which devastated the Irish population and particularly affected western regions dependent on subsistence agriculture and potato cultivation.
As a contemporary townland, Caltrapallas remains part of the fabric of rural Galway life, though like many small Irish communities it experiences the challenges and changes associated with rural depopulation and economic shifts. The townland represents the local geographic and administrative organization that continues to structure community identity and land ownership in Ireland. Its significance lies primarily in its role as part of the broader Connemara community and landscape, contributing to the cultural and environmental heritage of County Galway.
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- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cealtrach na Pailíse
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Baronía
Kilconnell
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