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Condado de Clare

Localidad

Cappagh South

An Cheapach Theas

31

Registros censales

4

Hogares

1

Año del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
31
Hogares
4

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Cappagh South is a small townland located in County Clare in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county's limestone plateau known as the Burren or in the transitional zones between the Burren and lower-lying agricultural land. The townland is part of the barony system that historically organized Clare's territorial divisions, and like many Irish townlands, it represents a unit of land with origins in both Anglo-Norman and Gaelic territorial organization. The landscape of this region is characterized by rolling hills, pastoral fields, and the distinctive karst terrain typical of County Clare, where limestone bedrock often breaks through thinner soils.

The history of Cappagh South, as with most Irish townlands, is interwoven with the broader patterns of settlement, land use, and social change that have shaped Clare over centuries. The townland would have been part of the territories controlled by various Gaelic and Anglo-Norman families throughout the medieval and early modern periods, with land ownership and use patterns evolving significantly following the Tudor plantations and the subsequent Cromwellian period. Like much of rural Ireland, Cappagh South would have experienced the profound social and demographic changes of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the period of the Great Famine.

As a small rural townland, Cappagh South serves as part of the intricate tapestry of local community identity in County Clare. These townlands, though often unmarked and little-known outside their immediate areas, represent important units of local geographical knowledge and historical continuity for residents. The townland's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the agricultural and social fabric of rural Clare, where such small territorial units continue to anchor local belonging and inheritance patterns, even as modernization and demographic change have transformed rural Irish life.

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Parroquia

Kilfinaghta

Condado

Clare

Nombre en irlandés

An Cheapach Theas

Baronía

Bunratty 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
Cappagh South
Irlandés
An Cheapach Theas
Parroquia
Kilfinaghta
Baronía
Bunratty Lower
Condado
Clare