58
Registros censales
10
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 27
- Hogares
- 5
- Personas
- 31 +14.8%
- Hogares
- 5 0%
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Crossard is a small townland located in County Clare in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Burren region or its adjacent areas. Like many Irish townlands, Crossard represents a fundamental unit of land division with deep historical roots in Irish geography and administration. The townland system, which divides the Irish landscape into thousands of small parcels, has been integral to Irish land organization since medieval times and was formalized during various land surveys and the Ordnance Survey mapping of the nineteenth century. Crossard's position within County Clare places it in a region known for its distinctive limestone topography, rolling countryside, and connections to both inland and coastal communities.
The history of Crossard, as with most small Irish townlands, is bound up with broader patterns of rural settlement, land ownership, and community development. The area would have been shaped by the agricultural cycles and social structures characteristic of rural Clare, with families maintaining connections to the land across generations. Like many townlands in the region, Crossard's development reflects the economic and social transformations of rural Ireland, from pre-famine agricultural communities through periods of emigration and twentieth-century social change. The townland names themselves often derive from Irish language origins, reflecting the linguistic and cultural heritage of the landscape.
Crossard, being a small rural townland, would have functioned as part of the local community structure, with residents engaged in farming and rural pursuits typical of County Clare. Such townlands formed the basic administrative and social units around which parish life, land tenure, and community identity were organized. While Crossard itself may not be widely known beyond the local area, it represents the countless small settlements and land divisions that constitute the fabric of rural Irish communities, each with its own local significance and historical connections to families and generations who have lived and worked there.
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