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Condado de Kerry

Localidad

Doughill

Dúchoill

42

Registros censales

6

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
24
Hogares
3
1911 Censo
Personas
18 -25%
Hogares
3 0%

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Doughill is a small townland situated in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. Like many townlands in this region, it forms part of the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula and its surrounding areas, characterized by rolling hills, farmland, and rural settlements typical of this corner of Munster. The townland occupies a modest area within the county's patchwork of agricultural and residential land, reflecting the predominantly rural character of Kerry's interior regions.

The history of Doughill, as with most Irish townlands, is intertwined with the broader history of County Kerry and the development of rural settlement patterns across Ireland. Townlands like Doughill represent the legacy of land divisions that evolved over centuries, reflecting patterns of Gaelic and Norman settlement, land ownership, and agricultural use. The area would have been shaped by the region's social and economic structures, including the influence of local landlords and the subsistence farming practices that sustained rural communities for generations.

Doughill represents one of hundreds of small townlands that collectively form the social and geographic fabric of rural County Kerry. While individual townlands such as this may not feature prominently in broader historical records, they hold significance as the places where local communities have lived and worked, where family histories are rooted, and where traditional ways of life have been maintained. These small settlements remain important markers of Irish cultural geography and identity at the local and regional level.

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Parroquia

Kenmare

Condado

Kerry

Nombre en irlandés

Dúchoill

Baronía

Glanarought

Valuation Office Records

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

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

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

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Detalles

Inglés
Doughill
Irlandés
Dúchoill
Parroquia
Kenmare
Baronía
Glanarought
Condado
Kerry