98
Registros censales
17
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 48
- Hogares
- 8
- Personas
- 50 +4.2%
- Hogares
- 9 +12.5%
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Dromthacker is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwestern region of Ireland. It lies within the broader landscape of the Kerry Peninsula, an area characterized by rugged terrain, coastal proximity, and the distinctive features of the Southwest's geography. The townland is situated in a region known for its rolling hills, moorland, and agricultural land use typical of rural Kerry. Like many townlands in this part of Ireland, Dromthacker represents the traditional administrative divisions that have shaped Irish rural settlement patterns for centuries.
The name Dromthacker, like many Irish place names, derives from the Irish language, with "Drom" typically referring to a ridge or back of a hill. This etymology reflects the landscape characteristics of the area and the historical naming conventions used by Irish speakers who first identified and named the various localities across the countryside. The townland system itself became formalized during the Tudor period and was extensively documented in the Down Survey and subsequent land records, which helps us understand the historical development of places like Dromthacker within the broader context of Irish land division.
As a small rural townland, Dromthacker would have been primarily engaged in agricultural pursuits, with farming families working the land across generations. Like many such communities in Kerry, it would have been part of the wider social and economic fabric of rural Irish life, subject to the same historical pressures and changes that affected the southwest over centuries, including the impacts of land reform, emigration, and modernization. Today, Dromthacker remains part of the living landscape of Kerry, though like many small townlands, it is primarily residential rather than serving as a focal point for commercial or administrative activity.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Drom Tacair
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Baronía
Trughanacmy
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
37 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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