469
Registros censales
90
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 210
- Hogares
- 42
- Personas
- 259 +23.3%
- Hogares
- 48 +14.3%
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Milltown is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county's rural hinterland. The area is characterized by the undulating terrain typical of Donegal, with moorland, forestry, and agricultural land forming the primary features of the surrounding countryside. The townland's geography reflects the county's position on the Atlantic coast's periphery, with the landscape bearing the influence of Atlantic weather patterns and the underlying geology of the region. Like many of Donegal's townlands, Milltown is part of a dispersed settlement pattern where small clusters of houses and farms are scattered across the landscape rather than concentrated in a dense village center.
The history of Milltown, as with much of rural Donegal, is intertwined with the broader historical development of northwest Ireland, including periods of Gaelic settlement, plantation influences, and the evolution of Irish rural society through the medieval and modern periods. The townland's name, as is common in Irish geography, likely derives from historical land use or natural features, though the specific origins of its name would require detailed local historical research. The area would have experienced the significant demographic and social changes that affected rural Ireland during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including emigration patterns that shaped many small Irish communities during periods of economic hardship.
Milltown serves as part of the living fabric of rural Donegal life, contributing to the cultural and social landscape of its immediate locality. Like many small townlands in Ireland, it may be known primarily within local and regional contexts rather than having prominence in broader national awareness. The townland represents the kind of dispersed rural settlement that characterizes much of Donegal's interior, where community identity and local heritage remain important despite the challenges faced by rural areas in contemporary Ireland.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Tirhugh
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
13 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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