28
Registros censales
6
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 16
- Hogares
- 3
- Personas
- 12 -25%
- Hogares
- 3 0%
Acerca de
Faunin is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. The townland forms part of the rural hinterland characteristic of this region, with rolling terrain typical of the Irish countryside. Like many townlands in Galway, Faunin is positioned within a landscape shaped by centuries of settlement patterns, with scattered houses and agricultural land interspersed throughout the area. The surrounding terrain reflects the geological and environmental conditions common to County Galway, including areas of pasture and moorland typical of the western Irish landscape.
The history of Faunin, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the broader historical development of County Galway and the wider Irish rural experience. Townlands themselves represent an ancient division of land with origins predating the Norman invasion, and they have remained significant administrative and social units throughout Irish history. The name Faunin itself, like most Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language roots, reflecting the Gaelic heritage of the region. Understanding Faunin's history requires viewing it within the context of Galway's agricultural traditions, landlord-tenant relationships, and the social structures that have defined rural Irish communities.
Faunin, like other small townlands in rural Galway, serves as an important reference point for local residents and those with family connections to the area. These townlands function as fundamental units of local identity and community organization, even as they remain relatively unknown beyond their immediate vicinity. The significance of Faunin to the local community lies in its role as part of the network of settlements and land divisions that structure rural Galway life and maintain connections to ancestral lands and family histories.
Source: AI generated
No photo added yet
- Parroquia
- Condado
-
Nombre en irlandés
Fánainn
-
Baronía
Kiltartan
- Logainm
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.
Acciones rápidas
Obtener la app de iOS
Busque sobre la marcha
Ubicación de la localidad
OpenStreetMapDetalles
- Inglés
- Faunin
- Irlandés
- Fánainn
- Parroquia
- Kilmacduagh
- Baronía
- Kiltartan
- Condado
- Galway