113
Registros censales
20
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 61
- Hogares
- 10
- Personas
- 52 -14.8%
- Hogares
- 10 0%
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Lounaghan 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 pastoral countryside typical of County Kerry, with its terrain shaped by glacial activity and maritime influences. The townland forms part of the intricate patchwork of rural settlements that dot the peninsula, with its position reflecting the historical pattern of Irish land division and settlement distribution across the region.
The townland, like many rural Irish communities, has deep historical roots connected to the broader history of County Kerry and the Dingle Peninsula. The area would have been shaped by the various historical periods that defined Irish rural life, from medieval land divisions through to the modern era. As with much of rural Kerry, the history of Lounaghan is interwoven with patterns of agriculture, land tenure, and the social structures that characterized Irish rural communities.
Lounaghan maintains significance as part of the living rural landscape of Kerry, where traditional agricultural practices and community connections remain important to local identity. The townland represents the type of dispersed rural settlement pattern that has long characterized the Irish countryside, with families and farms distributed across the landscape in a way that reflects centuries of gradual development and adaptation to the local environment.
The broader cultural and linguistic heritage of County Kerry and the Dingle Peninsula adds context to Lounaghan's place within the community. Being situated in a region with strong connections to Irish language and culture, the townland exists within a landscape of considerable cultural significance, though like many rural areas, it faces the contemporary challenges and changes affecting rural Irish communities.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Lamhnachán
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Baronía
Glanarought
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
33 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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