142
Registros censales
25
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 76
- Hogares
- 13
- Personas
- 66 -13.2%
- Hogares
- 12 -7.7%
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Gallanes is a small townland situated in County Cork in the southern province of Munster, Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a traditional administrative division of land with deep roots in Irish geography and history. The townland system, which divides the Irish landscape into thousands of named areas, has been fundamental to Irish land organization for centuries. Gallanes, along with its neighboring townlands, forms part of the broader landscape of Cork, a county known for its rolling terrain, agricultural lands, and proximity to coastal features. The area's topography is characteristic of much of inland Cork, with pastoral countryside that has supported farming communities for generations.
The history of Gallanes, like most rural Irish townlands, is closely tied to patterns of settlement, land ownership, and agricultural life that span centuries. The townland system itself has medieval and earlier origins, with many townlands named in Irish or anglicized versions of Irish names. While specific documented events particular to Gallanes may be limited in readily available sources, the townland would have experienced the broader historical currents that shaped rural Cork, including periods of Gaelic settlement, Norman influence, English conquest, and the transformations brought by the Act of Union and subsequent social changes. Local history, family connections, and oral tradition typically hold the most detailed knowledge of individual townlands like Gallanes.
For the local community, Gallanes has served historically as a place of residence, farming, and connection to the broader parish and county structures. Irish townlands functioned not merely as geographic designations but as social units within which families lived, worked, and maintained community bonds. Though rural townlands have experienced significant changes due to emigration, modernization, and shifts in agricultural practice, they continue to hold cultural and genealogical significance for those with roots in the area. For descendants and genealogy researchers, townlands like Gallanes remain important reference points for understanding family history and ancestral connections to Cork.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Gallán
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Baronía
Carbery East (E.D.)
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
120 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Kilnagross
- Baronía
- Carbery East (E.D.)
- Condado
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