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Farrandeen is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The area is characterized by the rugged, rolling terrain typical of Kerry's geography, with moorland, pasture, and bog interspersed throughout. Like much of the peninsula, Farrandeen sits within a landscape shaped by glaciation and Atlantic weather patterns, featuring the types of stone walls, scattered farmsteads, and green fields common to rural Kerry. The townland's elevation and exposure to the Atlantic weather systems make it representative of the challenging but productive agricultural land that defines much of this part of Ireland.
As a townland, Farrandeen reflects the historical land division systems that have structured rural Ireland for centuries. The townland system, which parcels the Irish landscape into small administrative units, has roots extending back to medieval times and was formalized during various phases of English administration. Farrandeen, like thousands of other Irish townlands, represents a unit of land that would have been central to local life, farming operations, and community identity. The area would have supported agricultural communities for generations, with farming practices adapted to the local soil, climate, and terrain.
Farrandeen remains part of the living rural landscape of Kerry, maintaining its character as a farming townland within one of Ireland's most distinctive regions. The Dingle Peninsula as a whole has gained cultural significance in recent decades through increased tourism and renewed interest in Irish language and heritage, as the peninsula is an important Irish-speaking region. While Farrandeen itself is a quiet townland rather than a major tourist destination, it participates in the broader cultural and economic life of the peninsula and continues to be home to farming families and those committed to maintaining rural Kerry's traditions and way of life.
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- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Fearann Doinn
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Baronía
Clanmaurice
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
7 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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