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Condado de Antrim

Localidad

Craignagat

45

Registros censales

9

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
28
Hogares
5
1911 Censo
Personas
17 -39.3%
Hogares
4 -20%

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Craignagat is a small townland located in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Antrim Plateau region. The townland forms part of the rural countryside that characterizes much of mid-Antrim, an area defined by rolling hills, agricultural land, and scattered settlements. Like many Irish townlands, Craignagat represents a historic unit of land division that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and territorial organization. The landscape typical to this region includes pasture fields, hedgerows, and stone walls that divide the countryside in the traditional manner characteristic of the Irish countryside.

The history of Craignagat, as with most Antrim townlands, is rooted in the medieval and early modern periods when the Irish land system was formalized. County Antrim itself has a complex historical narrative, having been subject to various Gaelic, Norman, and English influences throughout the medieval period and beyond. The townland system itself became standardized during the Tudor period and was further refined during the plantation era and subsequent centuries. Craignagat's name, like many Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language roots, though the precise etymology would require specialist linguistic analysis to confirm with certainty.

Today, Craignagat remains part of the patchwork of rural Antrim townlands that together form the character of the county's countryside. As a small, agricultural community, it represents the type of local settlement that sustains rural life in Northern Ireland, though like many such areas it has experienced the broader demographic and economic shifts affecting rural regions. The townland retains significance as a unit of local identity and administrative organization, serving as a reference point for residents and maintaining its place within the hierarchy of Irish geographic divisions from county down to townland level.

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Parroquia

Ardclinis

Condado

Antrim

Baronía

Glenarm Lower

Valuation Office Records

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

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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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Detalles

Inglés
Craignagat
Parroquia
Ardclinis
Baronía
Glenarm Lower
Condado
Antrim