198
Registros censales
37
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 100
- Hogares
- 19
- Personas
- 98 -2%
- Hogares
- 18 -5.3%
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Cloonboo is a small townland situated in County Galway in the west of Ireland, within the broader region of Connacht. The townland is located in the barony of Ballynahinch, an area characterized by the rolling countryside and landscape typical of central Galway. The geography of this part of the county is marked by a mixture of agricultural land, scattered settlements, and the kind of undulating terrain common to the Irish midlands. Like many townlands in this region, Cloonboo would have been shaped by both the natural landscape and centuries of human habitation and land use.
Townlands such as Cloonboo represent an important layer of Irish administrative and cultural geography. The townland system itself has medieval and earlier origins, and these small named divisions of land have long served as fundamental units of local identity and property organization in rural Ireland. Cloonboo, like other townlands in Galway, carries with it a history connected to Gaelic settlement patterns, Norman influence, and the subsequent development of the Irish countryside through various historical periods. The name itself, following Irish naming conventions, likely derives from Irish language roots that would have been descriptive of the local landscape or community.
As a small rural townland, Cloonboo is part of the fabric of community life in its immediate locality. Townlands such as this have traditionally functioned as important reference points for local residents, with historical significance in terms of land ownership, family connections, and community boundaries. While Cloonboo itself may not be widely known beyond its immediate region, it represents the kind of modest, enduring settlement that characterizes much of rural Galway. The townland system remains culturally significant to Irish people, serving as a connection to local heritage and providing geographic and cultural specificity in an increasingly globalized world.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cluain Bú
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Baronía
Clare
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
22 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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