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Condado de Tipperary

Localidad

Kilcowran

Cill Chuaráin

50

Registros censales

8

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
29
Hogares
5
1911 Censo
Personas
21 -27.6%
Hogares
3 -40%

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Kilcowran is a small townland situated in County Tipperary in the province of Munster, in the southern part of the Republic of Ireland. The townland is located in the broader landscape of Tipperary, a county known for its rich agricultural heritage, rolling hills, and river valleys. Like many Irish townlands, Kilcowran represents a specific geographic and administrative division of land that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and land organization in Ireland. The area is characterized by typical Tipperary countryside, with pastoral fields, stone walls, and scattered farmsteads that define much of the rural character of the region.

The history of Kilcowran, like that of many Irish townlands, is rooted in medieval and early modern settlement. The name itself, like most Irish townland names, likely derives from Irish language origins, though the specific etymology and historical development of the name would require detailed historical research. Kilcowran would have been part of the broader patterns of land tenure, baronial divisions, and later landlord-tenant relationships that shaped rural Tipperary throughout the medieval period and into modern times. The townland system itself became standardized during the English administration of Ireland, serving as a fundamental unit for land surveys, taxation, and local governance.

Today, Kilcowran remains a rural townland that forms part of the living landscape of County Tipperary, contributing to the agricultural and social fabric of its local community. Like many small townlands in Ireland, it may be home to a handful of families or farms, and residents would typically identify with broader parish and village structures for community services and social connection. The townland represents an important element of Irish cultural geography, preserving historical place names and maintaining connections to Ireland's rural heritage and land-based traditions that continue to shape community identity in the region.

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Parroquia

Finnoe

Condado

Tipperary

Nombre en irlandés

Cill Chuaráin

Baronía

Ormond Lower

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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74 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

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Detalles

Inglés
Kilcowran
Irlandés
Cill Chuaráin
Parroquia
Finnoe
Baronía
Ormond Lower
Condado
Tipperary