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Condado de Donegal

Localidad

Moyle

129

Registros censales

25

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
68
Hogares
12
1911 Censo
Personas
61 -10.3%
Hogares
13 +8.3%

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Moyle is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Inishowen Peninsula. The area is characterized by the rugged terrain typical of this part of Ulster, with rolling hills, coastal views, and the natural drainage patterns formed by local streams and watercourses. The townland is part of the wider Donegal landscape where the Atlantic coastline meets inland agricultural and moorland areas, creating a diverse environmental setting that has shaped settlement patterns and land use throughout history.

The area, like much of County Donegal, has deep historical roots extending back centuries. Donegal as a whole has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and the townland system itself reflects the Anglo-Norman and later English administrative divisions imposed on Irish land. The region has been marked by the cultural and linguistic traditions of Ulster, including Irish language heritage, and has experienced the broader historical currents affecting rural Ireland, from plantation-era changes through to the modern period.

As a rural townland in contemporary Donegal, Moyle would be home to a small population engaged primarily in farming and rural livelihoods, connected to the broader community infrastructure of the parish. Like many such townlands, it represents the fundamental unit of Irish rural settlement and land division, maintaining cultural and practical significance for local residents and their connection to the land and community heritage.

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Parroquia

Tullyfern

Condado

Donegal

Baronía

Kilmacrenan

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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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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Detalles

Inglés
Moyle
Parroquia
Tullyfern
Baronía
Kilmacrenan
Condado
Donegal