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Localidad

Cumber

An Comar

74

Registros censales

19

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
44
Hogares
12
1911 Censo
Personas
30 -31.8%
Hogares
7 -41.7%

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Cumber is a small townland located in County Derry in Northern Ireland, situated in the north-central part of the county. The landscape of this area is characteristic of much of County Derry, featuring rolling terrain with a mix of agricultural land, hedgerows, and scattered settlements typical of rural Ulster. The townland lies within the broader network of small rural communities that form the fabric of the county's countryside, with its position reflecting the dispersed settlement patterns common throughout the region.

The history of Cumber, like many Irish townlands, reflects the complex layers of settlement and land use that characterize County Derry. The townland system itself, which divides the Irish landscape into small administrative units, has roots extending back centuries and represents patterns of organization imposed during various periods of colonization and land management. Cumber would have been shaped by these processes, as well as by the agricultural practices and social structures that developed throughout rural County Derry over generations.

As a rural townland, Cumber serves primarily as part of the agricultural and residential character of County Derry's countryside. The community would be connected to the broader patterns of rural life in the region, including farming traditions and local social networks. Like many small townlands, its significance lies in its role as part of the local community structure and in maintaining the cultural and social continuity of rural Derry, even as many small rural areas across Ireland have experienced demographic changes over recent decades.

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Parroquia

Cumber Upper

Condado

Derry

Nombre en irlandés

An Comar

Baronía

Tirkeeran

Valuation Office Records

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

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

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

Ubicación de la localidad

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Detalles

Inglés
Cumber
Irlandés
An Comar
Parroquia
Cumber Upper
Baronía
Tirkeeran
Condado
Derry