15
Registros censales
3
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 9
- Hogares
- 2
- Personas
- 6 -33.3%
- Hogares
- 1 -50%
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Glowens is a small townland located in County Kildare in the province of Leinster in the east of Ireland. The area sits within the broader landscape of the Kildare plains, characterized by relatively gentle, rolling terrain typical of the midlands region. Like much of County Kildare, the landscape is predominantly agricultural, with fields, pastures, and scattered farmsteads forming the primary features of the countryside. The townland's position within this rural setting reflects the agricultural heritage that has long defined the character of the region.
County Kildare itself has a rich historical background stretching back centuries, with evidence of human settlement and activity dating to prehistoric times. The broader area has been shaped by various historical periods, including early Christian settlement, Norman influence, and later colonial administration. Many townlands in Kildare preserve aspects of this layered history, though specific documented records for individual townlands like Glowens are often limited in publicly available sources.
As a townland, Glowens represents one of thousands of administrative divisions that partition the Irish landscape into small, discrete geographic units. The townland system itself has roots in medieval Ireland and represents an important aspect of how Irish rural settlement has been organized and understood. These small territorial units continue to hold significance for local identity, genealogical research, and understanding the structure of Irish rural communities, even as many have become increasingly depopulated or transformed by modern development.
Today, Glowens, like many rural Kildare townlands, remains largely agricultural in character. The local community and its significance are bound up with the broader patterns of Irish rural life, where farming, family connections, and ties to particular places remain important despite the challenges facing rural areas. The townland continues to be referenced in genealogical and historical research, connecting people to their ancestral roots and to the specific places where their families lived and worked.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Gleann
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Baronía
Kilkea and Moone
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
10 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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