37
Registros censales
12
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 20
- Hogares
- 6
- Personas
- 17 -15%
- Hogares
- 6 0%
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Glennagarraun is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of rural Connacht. The townland forms part of the distinctive terrain characteristic of this region, where rolling hills, bogland, and scattered agricultural holdings define the countryside. Like many townlands in County Galway, Glennagarraun reflects the typical settlement pattern of the Irish rural west, with houses and farms dispersed across the landscape rather than concentrated in a compact village center. The natural drainage patterns and soil composition of the area have historically shaped both farming practices and settlement distribution in this locality.
Townlands such as Glennagarraun carry deep historical roots extending back through Irish administrative history. The townland system itself is a legacy of medieval and early modern land division in Ireland, with each townland traditionally forming a distinct unit within the parish and baronial structure. Glennagarraun's name, like many Irish place names, derives from the Irish language and reflects the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Gaelic Irish population. The area would have experienced the various historical transformations that affected rural Galway, from the Anglo-Norman period through the Plantation era and into the modern period, though the specific details of Glennagarraun's particular history require local historical sources for accurate documentation.
The townland remains primarily rural and agricultural in character, as is typical of much of inland County Galway. Farming, whether pastoral or mixed agriculture, has historically been the principal economic activity in such areas. As with many rural Irish townlands, Glennagarraun would be integrated into the social and administrative fabric of its civil parish and electoral division, connecting residents to broader community services and governance structures. The townland's significance lies chiefly in its role as part of the living rural landscape of County Galway and in its representation of the distinctive Irish townland system that continues to structure local identity and administration.
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Nombre en irlandés
Gleann an Ghearráin
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