76
Registros censales
15
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 34
- Hogares
- 7
- Personas
- 42 +23.5%
- Hogares
- 8 +14.3%
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Clash is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster province of southern Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a subdivision of the broader landscape that has historical roots in medieval land organization. The townland system remains a distinctive feature of the Irish countryside, with each townland typically encompassing a few hundred acres and often containing only a handful of houses or farms. Clash sits within the wider geography of Cork, a county known for its diverse terrain ranging from coastal areas to inland valleys and moorlands.
The landscape surrounding Clash reflects the typical character of inland County Cork, with rolling fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads distributed across the terrain. The area is part of a region that has been shaped by centuries of agricultural use, with pastoral farming historically forming the backbone of the local economy. Stone walls and field boundaries, some of considerable age, pattern the countryside and provide evidence of long-term land management practices. The climate, as with much of Ireland's southwest, tends toward cool temperatures and substantial rainfall, factors that have influenced both the vegetation and the patterns of settlement throughout the region.
Like most Irish townlands, Clash has roots extending back several centuries, though detailed historical records for small rural townlands can be sparse. The townland system itself became formalized during the medieval period and was further codified during the Tudor and Stuart eras of English administration in Ireland. The name and boundaries of Clash, like those of surrounding townlands, reflect this historical administrative layering. For local residents, the townland name remains a meaningful geographic and social identifier, connecting people to a specific place with its own distinct character and history.
Today, Clash remains part of the rural fabric of County Cork, representative of the many small townlands that constitute the Irish countryside. While modernization and demographic shifts have affected rural Ireland significantly in recent decades, townlands like Clash continue to serve as important markers of local identity and community connection. The townland system itself is now recognized as a valuable cultural and historical heritage feature, with efforts made to preserve and document townland names and boundaries for future generations.
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- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Chlais
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Baronía
Barrymore
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
11 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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