65
Registros censales
11
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 27
- Hogares
- 6
- Personas
- 38 +40.7%
- Hogares
- 5 -16.7%
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Dernaglug is a small townland located in County Monaghan in the Ulster region of Ireland, situated in the northern part of the island. The townland is positioned within the broader landscape of County Monaghan, which is characterized by rolling hills, drumlins, and numerous small lakes and waterways. The terrain in this part of Ulster reflects the glacial geology of the region, with the distinctive drum-shaped hills that give the Drumlin Belt its name. Like much of County Monaghan, Dernaglug's landscape would have been shaped by post-ice age geological processes, resulting in a patchwork of small fields, woodland areas, and scattered settlements typical of the Irish countryside.
The townland system itself, of which Dernaglug is a part, represents one of the most distinctive features of Irish land organization and has medieval roots, though many were formalized during the Tudor and Stuart periods. Townlands served as the basic unit of land division and administration across Ireland, and their names often reflect Irish language origins or historical settlement patterns. County Monaghan has a particularly rich history of Gaelic settlement and later English plantation, which influenced both the landscape and the communities that developed there over centuries.
As a rural townland in County Monaghan, Dernaglug would have been part of the agricultural and pastoral economy that has historically dominated the region. The local community would have relied on farming, with dairy and cattle raising being particularly important to County Monaghan's economy. Today, like many small townlands in rural Ireland, Dernaglug represents the quiet, dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of the Irish countryside, where houses and farms are scattered across the landscape rather than concentrated in village centers.
Dernaglug, though small and rural, is part of the cultural and geographic heritage of County Monaghan and the broader Ulster region. Townlands like this one are important to local identity and the organization of rural Irish society, serving as markers of community belonging and historical continuity. The preservation of townland names and boundaries remains significant to Irish genealogical research and cultural heritage.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Doire na gClog
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Baronía
Cremorne
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
2 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Baronía
- Cremorne
- Condado
- Monaghan