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Condado de Donegal

Localidad

Carrick Lower

An Charraig Íochtarach

166

Registros censales

31

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
94
Hogares
16
1911 Censo
Personas
72 -23.4%
Hogares
15 -6.3%

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Carrick Lower is a townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of the island of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it forms part of the broader landscape of the Donegal peninsula, an area characterized by rugged terrain, coastal and inland valleys, and the distinctive geography of the northwestern Irish landscape. The townland sits within a region where the natural environment has historically shaped settlement patterns and land use, with the local topography reflecting the geological heritage of this part of Ulster.

The townland, like others in Donegal, carries a long history tied to the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land ownership, and rural life. The townland system itself, which divides Ireland into small administrative divisions, has roots extending back centuries and has remained a fundamental unit of geographic and social organization in Irish rural areas. Carrick Lower would have experienced the various phases of Irish history, from the Gaelic period through the Norman and English influences, colonial land divisions, and into the modern era of Irish independence and contemporary rural life.

The significance of Carrick Lower to its local community lies primarily in its role as part of the living rural landscape of Donegal, where townlands continue to serve as meaningful markers of place and identity for residents. Like many small rural townlands, it represents the intimate scale at which people experience and organize their connection to the land. The maintenance of townland names and boundaries, even as Ireland has modernized, reflects the enduring cultural importance of these divisions to local communities and to Irish heritage more broadly.

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Parroquia

Glencolumbkille

Condado

Donegal

Nombre en irlandés

An Charraig Íochtarach

Baronía

Banagh

Valuation Office Records

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

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4 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

Ubicación de la localidad

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Detalles

Inglés
Carrick Lower
Irlandés
An Charraig Íochtarach
Parroquia
Glencolumbkille
Baronía
Banagh
Condado
Donegal