139
Registros censales
27
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 28
- Hogares
- 5
- Personas
- 111 +296.4%
- Hogares
- 22 +340%
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Faugher is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland. It sits within the broader landscape of the Inishowen Peninsula, an area characterized by rolling hills, coastal views, and agricultural land typical of the wider Donegal region. The townland's geographic position places it in a rural setting where traditional Irish countryside features predominate, including stone walls, scattered farmsteads, and fields used primarily for pastoral farming. The landscape reflects the Atlantic maritime influence common to this part of Ulster, with weather patterns and soil conditions shaped by the peninsula's exposed northern location.
Like many Irish townlands, Faugher has roots extending back centuries into Irish history, though detailed historical records specific to this particular townland are limited. The name itself, derived from Irish, reflects the Gaelic heritage of the region. The townland would have been part of the broader patterns of settlement, land management, and social organization that characterized Donegal throughout medieval and early modern periods, including experiences of Irish clan systems and later English administrative divisions.
Faugher remains primarily a rural agricultural community, as do most small townlands in County Donegal. Its significance lies in its contribution to the local farming economy and its role as part of the interconnected network of communities that make up the Inishowen Peninsula. The townland represents the dispersed settlement pattern typical of rural Donegal, where small communities maintain cultural and social ties to their immediate surroundings and to broader Irish traditions.
The townland exemplifies the quiet, working landscape of contemporary rural Ireland, where pastoral farming continues as a primary activity and where traditional place names preserve linguistic and historical connections to the Irish past. For residents and those with family connections to the area, Faugher holds personal and ancestral significance as part of their local heritage and identity.
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Nombre en irlandés
An Fhothair
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Baronía
Banagh
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