36
Registros censales
5
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 16
- Hogares
- 2
- Personas
- 20 +25%
- Hogares
- 3 +50%
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Marblehill is a small townland situated in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, a region known for its rugged Atlantic coastline and dramatic landscapes. The townland lies within the broader landscape characteristic of Donegal, which features rolling hills, moorland, and often challenging terrain shaped by glacial activity during the ice age. Like many rural townlands in this part of Ireland, Marblehill represents a traditional administrative division of land that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and property organization in the Irish countryside.
The name Marblehill itself suggests geological features that may have attracted settlers to the area, though the exact historical origins of the townland designation are typical of many Irish place names that derive from both Irish and English linguistic influences. The region of Donegal has a long history of settlement, with evidence of human habitation stretching back thousands of years, and townlands like Marblehill would have formed part of the gradual organization of the landscape during medieval and early modern periods. The area's history, like much of Donegal, reflects the complex interplay of Gaelic Irish culture, later English administration, and the various social and economic changes that reshaped rural Ireland over centuries.
Marblehill, as a small rural townland, would have been primarily characterized by agricultural activity and pastoral land use, as is typical of such divisions in County Donegal. The significance of townlands like Marblehill to local communities lies in their role as geographic and social markers within the broader rural landscape, providing a sense of local identity and connection to place. For residents and families with roots in the area, such townlands represent important anchors to family history and local heritage, even as modern economic changes have transformed rural Irish life considerably over recent decades.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Cnoc an Mharmair
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Baronía
Kilmacrenan
- Logainm
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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