279
Registros censales
45
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 149
- Hogares
- 24
- Personas
- 130 -12.8%
- Hogares
- 21 -12.5%
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Garryredmond is a small townland located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated in the broader landscape of Connacht. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a historic administrative division of land that typically encompasses a few hundred acres. The area is characterized by the rolling terrain and pastoral landscape typical of rural Mayo, with farmland, hedgerows, and scattered rural dwellings forming the basic fabric of settlement. The townland lies within the greater county framework, and its proximity to larger towns and villages would have historically determined much of its economic and social orientation.
The history of Garryredmond, like most Irish townlands, extends back through centuries of land use and settlement. The townland system itself became formalized during the medieval and early modern periods, with townlands serving as the fundamental units of land division in Ireland. Place names like Garryredmond, which likely derives from Irish linguistic roots, reflect the area's Irish heritage. The area would have experienced the various phases of Irish history including the transition from Gaelic to Anglo-Norman influence, the upheavals of the Plantation period, and the major demographic and economic changes of subsequent centuries.
As a rural townland in County Mayo, Garryredmond would have been primarily shaped by agricultural activity, whether pastoral farming, tillage, or mixed farming practices. Like many such areas, it would have been affected by the major historical events that impacted rural Ireland, including the Great Famine of the 1840s. The townland today remains part of the fabric of rural Mayo, contributing to the local agricultural economy and community life. Such townlands, though small and often quiet, are significant to local identity and serve as the geographic anchors for family histories and community heritage in the Irish countryside.
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- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Garraí Réamainn
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Baronía
Clanmorris
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