124
Registros censales
20
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 71
- Hogares
- 10
- Personas
- 53 -25.4%
- Hogares
- 10 0%
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Curraghs is a small townland situated in County Cork, located in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland forms part of the broader landscape characteristic of rural Cork, with rolling terrain and pastoral scenery typical of the region. Like many Irish townlands, Curraghs occupies a modest geographic area and is interspersed among other small communities that make up the patchwork of rural settlement in the county. The landscape reflects the agricultural heritage of Cork, with fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads defining the visual character of the area.
The townland, like much of rural Cork, has deep roots in Irish history and land tenure systems. Townlands themselves are an ancient organizational system in Ireland, with origins extending back centuries, and Curraghs would have been established as a defined land division during this long historical evolution. The local area would have experienced the various social, economic, and political transformations that shaped rural Ireland over centuries, from medieval times through the colonial period and into the modern era. These historical layers contribute to the character and identity of communities throughout Cork.
Today, Curraghs remains part of the quiet rural fabric of County Cork, where traditional ways of life, particularly farming and small-scale agriculture, continue to play a role in community sustenance and identity. Like many rural Irish townlands, it represents the dispersed pattern of settlement that characterizes the Irish countryside, where small communities are often separated by open land and connected by local roads. The significance of such townlands lies partly in their role as geographical and social reference points for local people, anchoring identity and community connection in specific places with long historical continuity.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Na Curraithe
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Baronía
Duhallow
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
60 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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