40
Registros censales
7
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 21
- Hogares
- 4
- Personas
- 19 -9.5%
- Hogares
- 3 -25%
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Lough is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and rugged terrain typical of Kerry's western coastlines and inland valleys. Like many Irish townlands, Lough occupies a relatively modest geographic footprint, forming part of the intricate patchwork of small rural settlements that dot the Kerry countryside. The landscape around the townland is shaped by both natural features and centuries of human settlement, with traditional stone walls, pastoral fields, and scattered farmhouses marking the terrain.
The history of Lough, as with much of rural Kerry, is intertwined with patterns of Irish rural life, agricultural settlement, and the broader historical events that have shaped the island. The townland system itself, which divides Ireland into these small administrative and territorial units, has deep roots extending back through medieval and early modern Irish history. Like other Kerry townlands, Lough would have been shaped by the land divisions, agricultural practices, and demographic changes that characterized Irish rural communities over centuries, though specific documented events particular to this townland are not widely recorded in readily available sources.
Today, Lough remains part of the living rural community of County Kerry, contributing to the distinctive character of the region. The townland, like others in its vicinity, reflects the ongoing importance of agriculture and traditional land use in Kerry's economy and culture. For residents and those familiar with the area, townlands like Lough serve as important markers of local identity and heritage, maintaining connections to historical patterns of settlement and community that continue to define rural Irish life.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Loch
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Baronía
Corkaguiny
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
8 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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