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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Año del censo
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- Hogares
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Gorteendrunagh is a small townland located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. Like many Irish townlands, it represents one of the thousands of small administrative divisions that characterize the Irish countryside, each with its own distinct place name derived from Irish language origins. The townland lies in an area characterized by the typical terrain of County Mayo, which includes rolling hills, pastoral farmland, and the dramatic topography shaped by glacial activity during the last ice age. The landscape around Gorteendrunagh would have been typical of rural Mayo, with stone walls dividing fields, hedgerows, and the presence of water features that have historically supported farming and rural settlement.
The history of Gorteendrunagh, like that of most Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions and settlement patterns that developed over centuries. Townlands in Mayo were formally established as territorial divisions during the medieval period and later standardized during the Tudor and Stuart administrations as part of the English Crown's attempt to organize and survey Irish lands. The Irish name Gorteendrunagh likely derives from Irish language elements referring to the physical characteristics or former inhabitants of the locality, a naming convention common throughout the Irish countryside that often references soil, vegetation, or historical settlement.
As a rural townland in contemporary Mayo, Gorteendrunagh continues to function as part of the social and geographic fabric of its wider parish and electoral area. Like many small Irish townlands, it may not have specific major historical events or notable features documented in wider historical sources, but rather represents the cumulative heritage of rural Irish life, local family histories, and agricultural practice. The townland's significance lies primarily in its role within the local community as a geographic reference point and as part of the continuity of Irish cultural and settlement patterns that have persisted for centuries.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Goirtín Dronnach
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Baronía
Carra
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
437 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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