92
Registros censales
22
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 44
- Hogares
- 11
- Personas
- 48 +9.1%
- Hogares
- 11 0%
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Gortnakillew is a small townland located in County Cavan in the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape characteristic of the Cavan region, which is known for its rolling hills, numerous small lakes and waterways, and mixed agricultural land. Like many Irish townlands, Gortnakillew encompasses a modest area and represents one of thousands of small administrative divisions that make up the Irish countryside. The landscape of the area reflects the typical features of the midlands, with a mix of pasture and cultivated fields interspersed with hedgerows and occasional woodland patches.
County Cavan has a long history of settlement and land use dating back centuries, and Gortnakillew, as a townland within this county, would have formed part of the broader pattern of rural habitation and farming communities. The townland system itself, which divides Irish counties into small named parcels of land, was formally established and mapped during various surveys and land divisions, particularly during the Ordnance Survey work of the nineteenth century. Gortnakillew, like other local townlands, would have been shaped by the historical processes of land ownership, agricultural practice, and community organization that characterize rural County Cavan.
As a rural townland in modern County Cavan, Gortnakillew remains primarily an agricultural area, with its significance lying in its role as part of the local farming community and wider rural landscape. The townland serves as a geographic reference point for local residents and in records relating to land ownership and property. While it may not be widely known beyond the immediate region, such townlands form the fundamental units of rural Irish geography and continue to hold meaning for local families and communities with historical or ongoing connections to the area.
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Baronía
Loughtee Upper
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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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