377
Registros censales
87
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 197
- Hogares
- 47
- Personas
- 180 -8.6%
- Hogares
- 40 -14.9%
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Grousehall is a small townland located in County Donegal, in the northwestern part of the Republic of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Donegal, a county known for its dramatic coastal scenery, mountainous terrain, and rural character. Like many townlands in this region, Grousehall is part of a patchwork of small settlements and agricultural areas that define the Donegal countryside. The landscape in this part of Donegal is typically characterized by rolling hills, moorland, and small farms, with the region's distinctive geography shaped by glacial activity and the underlying geology of the northwest.
Donegal has a rich historical backdrop extending back through medieval times and into the pre-Christian period. The county was historically the territory of the O'Donnell clan, one of the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland, and later became the site of significant English colonial activity during the plantation period. Like other townlands throughout Donegal, Grousehall's history is interwoven with these broader regional developments, though detailed records specific to this individual townland may be limited in readily available sources. The townland system itself, of which Grousehall is a part, represents an ancient method of land division that remains an important framework for Irish geography and local identity.
Grousehall, as a rural townland, would have served primarily agricultural and pastoral functions for local families and communities over centuries. The townland represents the kind of small-scale settlement pattern that has characterized rural Donegal, where farming, particularly sheep and cattle raising, formed the economic backbone of life. Today, Grousehall remains part of the fabric of rural County Donegal, contributing to the region's heritage and continuing as a geographic and administrative unit that anchors local community identity and connections to the land.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Achadh na bPoll
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Baronía
Tirhugh
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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