42
Registros censales
4
Hogares
1
Año del censo
- Personas
- 42
- Hogares
- 4
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Meennascarty 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 rugged terrain typical of Kerry's interior, with rolling hills, moorland, and pastoral fields interspersed with traditional stone walls and scattered farmsteads. Like much of the peninsula, Meennascarty benefits from the Atlantic maritime climate, resulting in lush green vegetation and frequent rainfall. The townland forms part of a network of small rural communities that have sustained agricultural and pastoral livelihoods for centuries.
The history of Meennascarty, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the medieval territorial divisions established under the Gaelic Irish system and later systematized during English colonial administration. Townlands such as this were formalized as cadastral units and appear in historical records including the Civil Survey and Tithe Applotment Books. The name itself, like other placenames in Kerry, derives from Irish language origins and reflects the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Gaelic-speaking regions of Ireland. The area would have experienced the various social and economic transformations that affected rural Kerry, including the impacts of the Great Famine in the mid-nineteenth century.
Meennascarty remains primarily an agricultural townland with scattered residential properties typical of rural Kerry. The community is part of the broader cultural landscape of the Dingle Peninsula, an area known for its strong Irish language traditions and cultural heritage. Local communities in such townlands maintain connections to their land and heritage through farming practices and family histories stretching back generations. The townland's significance lies in its representation of rural Irish life and its contribution to the cultural and economic fabric of County Kerry.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Mín na Scairte
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Baronía
Corkaguiny
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
17 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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