158
Registros censales
38
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 90
- Hogares
- 18
- Personas
- 68 -24.4%
- Hogares
- 20 +11.1%
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Greencloyne is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster province of southern Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Cork, an area characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and the distinctive topography of Munster. Like many Irish townlands, Greencloyne represents a traditional administrative division of land that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and property organization in rural Ireland. The surrounding region is typical of Cork's mixed farming landscape, with a combination of pastoral fields and scattered rural dwellings that define much of the county's character.
The history of Greencloyne, as with many Irish townlands, is rooted in the medieval and early modern periods when such land divisions were established. The townland system itself dates back to ancient Celtic settlement patterns and was formalized during English colonial administration in Ireland. Greencloyne would have been shaped by the various economic and social transformations that affected rural Cork over centuries, including the transition from Gaelic to English governance, changes in land ownership, and the agricultural patterns that have long defined the region.
As a small rural townland, Greencloyne is primarily significant as part of Cork's agricultural heritage and local community structure. Townlands like Greencloyne serve important functions in Irish society, providing a recognized geographic and administrative framework that connects residents to their locality. While individual townlands may not have major historical events or monuments associated with them, they remain important to local identity and represent the traditional way Irish rural space has been organized and understood by generations of inhabitants.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cluain Ghlas
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Baronía
Imokilly
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
150 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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