142
Registros censales
28
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 41
- Hogares
- 9
- Personas
- 101 +146.3%
- Hogares
- 19 +111.1%
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Cloonteen is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated in the broader region known for its distinctive landscapes of rolling hills, bogland, and pastoral countryside. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a unit of local geography that has held administrative and cultural significance for centuries. The area is characterized by the typical terrain of western Ireland, with fields used for farming and grazing, interspersed with areas of bog and moorland. The broader landscape of Galway is marked by its proximity to mountains and coastal influences, creating a climate and environment that has shaped settlement patterns and economic activities throughout the region.
The townland system in Ireland dates back centuries and reflects patterns of land division and settlement that evolved from medieval times through the Anglo-Norman period and beyond. Cloonteen, like other townlands in Galway, would have developed through a combination of indigenous settlement and later colonial administrative structures. The name itself, like many Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language roots, with "cloon" referring to a meadow or field, suggesting the agricultural character of the area. The townland boundaries and designations were formally recorded during various land surveys and administrative processes, particularly during the 19th century mapping and land registry systems.
As a rural townland, Cloonteen's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the local agricultural and social fabric of County Galway. The community would have been sustained through farming, with families working the land and maintaining the traditional patterns of rural Irish life. Today, like many small Irish townlands, it represents the everyday geography of the Irish countryside where people live and work on a small, intimate scale. The townland remains part of the administrative divisions used in Ireland and continues to anchor local identity and property descriptions in the region.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Cluaintín
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Baronía
Kiltartan
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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