337
Registros censales
49
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 175
- Hogares
- 23
- Personas
- 162 -7.4%
- Hogares
- 26 +13%
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Cloonalour is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. Like many Irish townlands, Cloonalour represents a historic administrative division of land that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and land organization. The area is characterized by the rolling, often rugged terrain typical of Kerry's interior, with a landscape shaped by glaciation and dominated by moorland, pasture, and scattered rural dwellings. The townland's position within Kerry places it in one of Ireland's most geographically distinctive counties, known for dramatic coastal scenery, mountains, and a strong cultural heritage.
The history of Cloonalour, as with most Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the medieval and early modern periods, though like many rural Irish communities, specific documented historical events particular to this townland are limited in widespread historical records. The townland system itself was formalized during the Norman period and refined through subsequent centuries of English administration, with townlands serving as the basis for land tenure, taxation, and local organization. Kerry as a whole has a rich history spanning Celtic, Viking, Norman, and colonial periods, and Cloonalour would have been subject to the same broad historical forces that shaped the region, including the Gaelic Irish tradition, Anglo-Norman settlement patterns, and later English land policies.
Cloonalour remains primarily an agricultural community, reflecting the traditional economic base of rural Kerry. The townland, like many in the region, is home to small farms and dispersed rural settlement, with the landscape managed largely for pastoral farming and small-scale agriculture. The area retains connections to Irish language and cultural traditions that persist throughout the Dingle Peninsula region, and such townlands form the backbone of rural Irish communities, maintaining cultural continuity and local identity across generations.
The significance of Cloonalour lies in its representation of rural Irish townland heritage and its role as part of the living landscape of County Kerry. While it may not feature prominently in major historical narratives, townlands like Cloonalour are vital to understanding how Irish people have organized, inhabited, and sustained communities across centuries. These small administrative units continue to carry cultural and genealogical importance for families with roots in the area and serve as tangible links to Ireland's rural past and present.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cluain na Lobhar
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Baronía
Trughanacmy
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
69 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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