17
Registros censales
4
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 11
- Hogares
- 2
- Personas
- 6 -45.5%
- Hogares
- 2 0%
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Liskenna is a townland located in County Monaghan in the Ulster province of northern Ireland. Situated in the heart of the Irish midlands, this small rural area is characteristic of the broader landscape of County Monaghan, which is known for its gently rolling terrain, drumlin fields, and network of small lakes and waterways. The townland sits within a region that experiences a temperate maritime climate typical of the island of Ireland, with moderate rainfall distributed throughout the year. Like many townlands in this county, Liskenna is primarily agricultural land, interspersed with scattered homesteads and connected by quiet rural roads that link it to nearby villages and market towns.
The history of Liskenna, as with much of County Monaghan, is rooted in the broader patterns of Irish settlement and land use that have evolved over centuries. The townland system itself, which divides the Irish countryside into small administrative and geographic units, reflects historical patterns of land division and ownership dating back to the medieval and early modern periods. County Monaghan has a rich history connected to the Ulster Plantation and subsequent landlord-tenant relationships that shaped rural Irish life. Like other townlands in the region, Liskenna would have been home to farming families whose fortunes and circumstances were influenced by broader historical events, including the Great Famine of the 1840s and subsequent emigration waves that affected Irish rural communities.
Liskenna remains a quiet rural townland typical of many in County Monaghan, with its primary significance lying in its role as part of the agricultural and social fabric of the local community. The townland represents the kind of small-scale rural settlement that has characterized the Irish countryside for generations, serving as home to farming families and contributing to the pastoral character of the region. For residents and those with family connections to the area, Liskenna holds local and genealogical significance, particularly given the importance of townland identifiers in Irish family history research and local heritage. The preservation and recognition of townland names like Liskenna help maintain the cultural and geographic identity of rural County Monaghan.
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Nombre en irlandés
Lios Geanach
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Baronía
Trough
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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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