62
Registros censales
7
Hogares
1
Año del censo
- Personas
- 62
- Hogares
- 7
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Fahavane is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, positioned within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. Like many Irish townlands, Fahavane represents one of thousands of small territorial divisions that historically structured rural Irish land and community organization. The area is characterized by the rolling hills, moorland, and agricultural terrain typical of inland Kerry, with proximity to both upland areas and the valleys that define the peninsula's geography. The landscape reflects the Atlantic climate of southwest Ireland, with its associated patterns of rainfall and verdant vegetation.
The townland, like much of Kerry, has deep roots in Irish history spanning centuries of settlement, agriculture, and cultural development. The region's history is intertwined with broader patterns of Irish land ownership, the Gaelic heritage of Munster, and later English colonial administration. Townlands such as Fahavane emerged as fundamental units of land organization and local governance, serving practical purposes in managing pastoral and agricultural communities. The area would have supported subsistence farming and pastoral activities typical of rural Kerry throughout the medieval and early modern periods.
As a small townland in a sparsely populated region, Fahavane represents the distributed settlement pattern characteristic of rural Kerry, where population is dispersed across numerous small communities rather than concentrated in larger towns. The local significance of such townlands lies in their role as anchors of community identity, land inheritance, and social organization within the broader parish and baronial structures. Today, Fahavane remains part of the living geography of Kerry, maintaining connections to Ireland's complex system of place-names, historical records, and local heritage even as rural communities across Ireland continue to evolve and adapt to contemporary conditions.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Fhaiche Bhán
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Baronía
Clanmaurice
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
38 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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