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Condado de Cork

Localidad

Killabraher South

Cill an Bhráthar Theas

58

Registros censales

11

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
35
Hogares
6
1911 Censo
Personas
23 -34.3%
Hogares
5 -16.7%

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Killabraher South is a townland located in County Cork, in the province of Munster in the Republic of Ireland. The townland forms part of the broader Killabraher area in the barony of Barrymore, situated in the eastern portion of County Cork. The landscape of this region is characteristic of the Irish countryside, with rolling terrain, agricultural land, and the typical patchwork of fields divided by stone walls and hedgerows that defines much of rural Munster. The townland's geographic position places it within the wider context of the Cork lowlands, an area that has supported farming and rural settlement for centuries.

Like many Irish townlands, Killabraher South reflects a complex history shaped by patterns of settlement, land use, and social organization stretching back to medieval and pre-medieval times. Townlands themselves were formally defined and documented during the Land Survey of Ireland in the nineteenth century, though the underlying settlement patterns often date much further back. The name Killabraher, derived from Irish, suggests ecclesiastical origins common to many Irish place names, though detailed historical records specific to this particular townland are limited in general public sources. The area would have been shaped by the broader historical currents affecting County Cork, including Anglo-Norman influence, plantation policies, and the land changes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Killabraher South, like other rural townlands in County Cork, remains primarily agricultural in character, with the land traditionally used for farming and pastoral activities. The townland is part of the living landscape of rural Cork, where farming families and agricultural heritage continue to play a central role in community life. While it may not be widely known beyond the immediate region, the townland represents the accumulated history and ongoing significance of rural settlement in Ireland, where individual townlands form the basic units of geographic and social organization.

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Parroquia

Shandrum

Condado

Cork

Nombre en irlandés

Cill an Bhráthar Theas

Baronía

Orrery and Kilmore

Valuation Office Records

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

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

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

Ubicación de la localidad

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Detalles

Inglés
Killabraher South
Irlandés
Cill an Bhráthar Theas
Parroquia
Shandrum
Baronía
Orrery and Kilmore
Condado
Cork