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Condado de Limerick

Localidad

Conigar

An Coinicéar

124

Registros censales

27

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
64
Hogares
12
1911 Censo
Personas
60 -6.3%
Hogares
15 +25%

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Conigar is a small townland located in County Limerick in the province of Munster in the southwestern part of Ireland. The townland is situated in the rural landscape characteristic of this region, which is marked by rolling agricultural land, scattered farmsteads, and traditional field patterns. Like many townlands in Ireland, Conigar represents a historical administrative division that once held significant meaning in organizing land ownership and community life. The broader area around Conigar falls within the barony system that historically structured County Limerick, and the townland itself would have been part of the wider pattern of settlement and land use that developed over centuries.

The history of Conigar, like most Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the patterns of Anglo-Norman settlement, clan territories, and the evolution of Irish land tenure systems. Townlands such as Conigar emerged as recognizable units during the medieval and early modern periods as land was parceled out and claimed by various interests. The name itself, like many Irish townland names, likely derives from Irish language origins, though the specific etymological details require specialist knowledge in Irish place-name studies. The region of County Limerick saw significant historical developments including various conflicts and changes in land ownership that would have affected communities in townlands like Conigar.

Today, Conigar remains part of the fabric of rural County Limerick, though like many small townlands, it exists primarily as a geographic and administrative designation rather than as a nucleated village or town center. The townland would be home to farming families and represents the dispersed settlement pattern common throughout rural Ireland. Conigar's significance lies in its role as part of the local community infrastructure, connecting residents to a sense of place and local identity that townlands have maintained for generations. For those with family connections to the area, such townlands hold genealogical and personal importance in understanding local heritage and historical settlement patterns in County Limerick.

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Parroquia

Mungret

Condado

Limerick

Nombre en irlandés

An Coinicéar

Baronía

Pubblebrien

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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71 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

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Detalles

Inglés
Conigar
Irlandés
An Coinicéar
Parroquia
Mungret
Baronía
Pubblebrien
Condado
Limerick