131
Registros censales
33
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 82
- Hogares
- 21
- Personas
- 49 -40.2%
- Hogares
- 12 -42.9%
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Dunmaurice is a townland located in County Monaghan in the Ulster region of northern Ireland. The townland lies within the broader landscape of the Irish Midlands, an area characterized by rolling hills, drumlin topography, and a network of small waterways typical of the region. The landscape around Dunmaurice reflects the glacial geology of Ireland, with its undulating terrain dotted with hedgerows, small fields, and scattered farmsteads. Like much of County Monaghan, the area experiences a temperate maritime climate and is part of the predominantly agricultural countryside that has shaped settlement patterns for centuries.
The townland, like others throughout County Monaghan, has its roots in the historical divisions of Irish land that evolved through various administrative systems. County Monaghan itself has a complex history tied to the broader narrative of Irish settlement, the Norman and English presence in Ireland, and subsequent land divisions during the plantation period and beyond. Townlands such as Dunmaurice represent the smallest official geographic divisions in Ireland's administrative structure, and their names often derive from Irish language origins, reflecting the area's Gaelic heritage.
As a rural townland, Dunmaurice would have been historically centered around agricultural activity, small-scale farming, and the community life typical of rural Irish townlands. The local population would have been connected through kinship, land tenure, and shared economic activities centered on livestock and crop farming. Like many rural areas in County Monaghan, the townland forms part of a broader community that includes neighboring townlands and the larger parish structure that organizes social and religious life in the region.
Today, Dunmaurice remains a part of the rural fabric of County Monaghan, contributing to the character of the region as primarily agricultural and pastoral. The townland, along with thousands of others across Ireland, represents an important unit of local identity and historical continuity, even as rural communities across Ireland continue to adapt to modern economic and social changes.
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Nombre en irlandés
Dún Muirisc
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Baronía
Cremorne
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