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Carhoogarriff

An Cheathrú Gharbh

231

Registros censales

44

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
107
Hogares
21
1911 Censo
Personas
124 +15.9%
Hogares
23 +9.5%

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Carhoogarriff is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster province of southwestern Ireland. It sits in the area between the towns of Macroom and Dunmanway, in a region characterized by rolling countryside and pastoral landscapes typical of West Cork. The townland is part of the broader Irish landscape that combines agricultural land with woodland, forming the transitional zone between the flatter lands to the north and the more rugged terrain associated with Cork's western reaches. Like many Irish townlands, Carhoogarriff represents a historic land division, though it remains primarily rural and sparsely populated in the contemporary period.

The history of Carhoogarriff, as with much of rural Cork, is intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land ownership, and social change. The region has long been agricultural in character, with the townland forming part of the townland system that was formally established during the medieval and early modern periods. The landscape itself bears traces of centuries of habitation and land use, reflected in field boundaries, local place names, and the scattered houses typical of rural Irish settlement patterns. The area would have been affected by major historical events that shaped Cork, including the various plantations, land confiscations, and agrarian changes that characterized Irish history from the medieval period onward.

The significance of Carhoogarriff today lies primarily in its role as part of the living rural community of West Cork. Like many townlands in Ireland, it serves as an important unit of local identity and geographic reference for residents, even as modern administrative divisions have layered new structures over these traditional boundaries. The townland contributes to the agricultural and cultural heritage of the region, representing the continuity of rural Irish life and land use patterns that have persisted for centuries. For those with family connections to the area, townlands like Carhoogarriff often hold genealogical and ancestral significance, making them important markers in Irish diaspora and family history research.

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Parroquia

Kilnagross

Condado

Cork

Nombre en irlandés

An Cheathrú Gharbh

Baronía

Carbery East (E.D.)

Valuation Office Records

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

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80 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
Carhoogarriff
Irlandés
An Cheathrú Gharbh
Parroquia
Kilnagross
Baronía
Carbery East (E.D.)
Condado
Cork