20
Registros censales
4
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 9
- Hogares
- 2
- Personas
- 11 +22.2%
- Hogares
- 2 0%
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Drains Bog is a townland located in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county's distinctive terrain. The townland forms part of the Antrim plateau region, characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and areas of bogland that have historically shaped settlement patterns and economic activity. Like many Irish townlands, Drains Bog represents a small geographic and administrative subdivision that has maintained its identity through centuries of local use and record-keeping, though it remains relatively modest in scale and population compared to larger settlements in the region.
The bogland that gives the townland its name reflects the natural environmental heritage of County Antrim, where peat bogs have long been significant features of the landscape. These wetland areas have played important roles in the local economy and way of life, traditionally providing turf for fuel and serving as distinctive natural landmarks. The presence of bog in the townland's nomenclature indicates the historical importance of such terrain to the people who settled and worked the land, as place names in Ireland frequently derive from prominent landscape features or resources available in their localities.
Drains Bog, like many rural townlands throughout County Antrim, remains primarily agricultural in character with scattered houses and farmsteads typical of the northern Irish countryside. The townland contributes to the fabric of rural communities in the region, maintaining historical continuity while adapting to modern agricultural and residential needs. The local community, though not densely populated, represents the enduring pattern of settlement and land use that has characterized the Irish townland system for centuries, preserving both cultural identity and historical connections to the land.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Glenarm Upper
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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