49
Registros censales
14
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 22
- Hogares
- 7
- Personas
- 27 +22.7%
- Hogares
- 7 0%
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Cloonker is a small townland located in County Longford in the midlands of Ireland. The region is characterized by the gently rolling terrain typical of the Irish Midlands, with a landscape shaped by glacial activity during the last Ice Age. The townland sits within the broader geography of Longford, an area known for its pastoral farmland, scattered woodland, and the presence of numerous small lakes and waterways that drain toward the River Shannon to the west. Like many Irish townlands, Cloonker represents a small administrative division of land with its own distinct identity within the parish and baronial structure of the county.
The history of Cloonker, as with much of County Longford, is intertwined with the broader Irish experience of settlement, land tenure, and social change. The townland system itself dates back centuries, representing divisions of land that have been recognized for administrative, legal, and social purposes. County Longford has a long recorded history spanning from early Christian times through the medieval period and into the modern era, with the landscape bearing the marks of various phases of settlement and agricultural development. Cloonker would have been part of the patchwork of rural communities that formed the backbone of Longford's social and economic life.
Today, Cloonker remains a rural townland within County Longford, part of the quiet agricultural hinterland that characterizes much of the Irish Midlands. Like many small townlands in Ireland, it serves primarily as a geographic and administrative designation rather than as a nucleated settlement with substantial built infrastructure. The townland is significant to local residents and those with family connections to the area, representing part of the web of place names and communities that gives the Irish countryside its distinctive character and helps residents and visitors navigate and understand the landscape.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cluain Cirr
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Baronía
Moydow
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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