26
Registros censales
10
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 19
- Hogares
- 6
- Personas
- 7 -63.2%
- Hogares
- 4 -33.3%
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Clifford is a small townland located in County Cork in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Cork's countryside, characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and the rural terrain typical of Munster. Like many Irish townlands, Clifford is a relatively small administrative division, forming part of a larger parish and baronial structure that has shaped settlement patterns across the island for centuries. The area's natural environment reflects the temperate maritime climate of southern Ireland, with vegetation suited to the region's rainfall and soil conditions.
The history of Clifford, like much of rural Cork, is intertwined with Ireland's land tenure system, agricultural development, and social changes over centuries. The townland system itself, which designates small geographical units across Ireland, was formalized during various surveys and land recordings from medieval times through the 19th century. During the period of British rule in Ireland, many townlands like Clifford were part of estates managed under the landlord system, which significantly influenced settlement patterns and the lives of those who worked the land. The Famine period of the 1840s would have affected communities across Cork, including smaller settlements like Clifford.
As a rural townland in modern County Cork, Clifford maintains the character of Ireland's agricultural heritage. The local community would have been historically dependent on farming and pastoral activities, which continue to shape the landscape and economy of rural Cork today. Like many small Irish townlands, Clifford represents the dispersed settlement pattern common throughout Ireland, where communities are often organized around parishes and baronies rather than nucleated villages. For residents and those with family connections to the area, such townlands hold cultural and genealogical significance, serving as anchors to Irish heritage and family history.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Áth na hAille
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Baronía
Fermoy
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
31 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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