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Registros censales
5
Hogares
1
Año del censo
- Personas
- 27
- Hogares
- 5
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Knockough is a small townland situated in County Cork in the southern part of the Republic of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it is a rural area characterized by the pastoral landscape typical of Munster, with rolling fields, scattered farmsteads, and the natural vegetation of the region. The townland lies within the broader agricultural hinterland of Cork, an area shaped by centuries of farming practices and the Irish climate, which supports dairy farming, sheep grazing, and other traditional rural enterprises. The landscape reflects the small-scale field systems and stone walls that are characteristic of the Irish countryside.
The history of Knockough, as with most Irish townlands, is rooted in the long settlement patterns of rural Ireland. Townlands themselves are among the oldest administrative divisions in Ireland, many originating in the medieval period and earlier. The name "Knockough" likely derives from Irish language origins, with "Knock" commonly referring to a hill or elevated area, though specific historical documentation about this particular townland's early development is limited. Like surrounding areas of Cork, it would have been subject to the various historical transformations affecting Ireland, including the Anglo-Norman influence, plantation policies, and the broader changes of Irish rural society through the modern period.
Today, Knockough remains a quiet rural townland, representative of the dispersed settlement pattern found throughout inland Cork. As a small community area, it would be home to a limited population engaged primarily in agricultural and pastoral activities, with residents maintaining connections to the wider village or town structures that serve the broader region. The townland serves as part of the fabric of rural Cork identity and the preservation of traditional Irish countryside settlement patterns, even as rural Ireland continues to evolve in response to economic and social changes.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cnoc Uí Eochaidh
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Baronía
Orrery and Kilmore
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
73 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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