78
Registros censales
18
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 31
- Hogares
- 9
- Personas
- 47 +51.6%
- Hogares
- 9 0%
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Derryrellan is a small townland located in County Monaghan in the Ulster region of Ireland, situated in the northeastern part of the island. The landscape of this area is characteristic of the drumlin belt, a distinctive geographical feature of the region marked by numerous small, rounded hills formed during the last ice age. The terrain is predominantly rural and agricultural, with pastoral fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads typical of the Irish countryside. The townland is part of a broader landscape that reflects centuries of agricultural use and settlement patterns.
The broader history of County Monaghan reflects periods of Gaelic Irish settlement, Anglo-Norman influence, and subsequent English colonization during the medieval and early modern periods. Like many townlands in the region, Derryrellan's name likely derives from Irish Gaelic, with "Derry" typically referring to an oak grove or oak wood, suggesting the natural landscape of the area in earlier centuries. The townland would have been incorporated into the property systems established during the Tudor and Stuart periods, when Irish land was surveyed and parceled into townlands for administrative and legal purposes, a system that persists in Ireland today.
Derryrellan remains a quiet rural townland with limited modern development, as is typical of many small communities in County Monaghan. Like other such places, it is part of the everyday geography of the region and contributes to the broader character of rural Irish life. The townland system itself, of which Derryrellan is a small part, continues to serve as an important basis for local identity and administrative organization in Ireland, connecting modern communities to their historical landscape and heritage.
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Nombre en irlandés
Doire Oirealláin
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