150
Registros censales
26
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 80
- Hogares
- 14
- Personas
- 70 -12.5%
- Hogares
- 12 -14.3%
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Cloontooa is a small townland located in County Mayo in the western province of Connacht, Ireland. Like many townlands in the region, it is situated in the rolling countryside that characterizes much of County Mayo's landscape. The area is typical of the broader geography of west of Ireland, with pastoral farmland, stone walls, and the kind of undulating terrain shaped by glacial activity during the Pleistocene epoch. The townland would have formed part of the traditional administrative divisions of the county, serving as a geographic and social unit for the local population.
The history of Cloontooa, like that of most Irish townlands, is closely tied to the broader historical development of County Mayo and Ireland itself. Townlands in this region have roots extending back centuries, with their names often deriving from Irish language origins that reflect the landscape or early settlement patterns. The area would have experienced the significant social and economic changes that affected rural Ireland, including the impacts of the Great Famine in the mid-nineteenth century, subsequent emigration, and the transformation of Irish agriculture and rural life through the twentieth century.
As a rural townland in County Mayo, Cloontooa would have held importance primarily as part of the local agricultural economy and community structure. Small townlands like this one served as the fundamental building blocks of Irish rural society, organizing land ownership, parish boundaries, and community identity. Today, Cloontooa remains part of the fabric of County Mayo's countryside, though like many similar townlands, it reflects the demographic and economic changes that have affected rural Ireland in recent decades.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cluain Tuath
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Baronía
Clanmorris
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