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Condado de Down

Localidad

Lisnacree

Lios na Crí

126

Registros censales

27

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
69
Hogares
15
1911 Censo
Personas
57 -17.4%
Hogares
12 -20%

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Lisnacree is a small townland located in County Down in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Mourne region. The townland forms part of the rural hinterland characterized by the rolling hills and agricultural lands typical of south County Down. The area's geography is shaped by its proximity to the Mourne Mountains to the south, which influence both the climate and the traditional land use patterns of the region. Like many townlands in Ulster, Lisnacree represents a unit of land division with roots in historical administrative and territorial organization, reflecting the patchwork of small communities that constitute rural County Down.

The townland system itself, of which Lisnacree is a part, dates back centuries in Irish land administration, with origins tracing to medieval and early modern divisions of territory. County Down's history encompasses periods of Gaelic settlement, Norman influence, and subsequent English plantation, with these layers of history visible across the landscape in place names, settlement patterns, and land tenure. Lisnacree, like neighboring townlands, would have been subject to these broader historical currents, though detailed historical records specific to this particular townland are not widely documented in accessible sources.

As a rural townland in County Down, Lisnacree remains primarily agricultural in character, with farming and small-scale land management forming the basis of local economic activity. The townland serves as part of the interconnected network of rural communities that together maintain the agricultural heritage and open landscape character of south County Down. For residents and neighboring communities, such townlands represent important anchors of local identity and connection to the land, maintaining continuity with historical patterns of settlement and livelihood even as rural areas across Northern Ireland experience broader social and economic change.

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Parroquia

Kilkeel

Condado

Down

Nombre en irlandés

Lios na Crí

Baronía

Mourne

Valuation Office Records

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

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1 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
Lisnacree
Irlandés
Lios na Crí
Parroquia
Kilkeel
Baronía
Mourne
Condado
Down