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Condado de Derry

Localidad

Mulnavoo

108

Registros censales

30

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
60
Hogares
16
1911 Censo
Personas
48 -20%
Hogares
14 -12.5%

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Mulnavoo is a small townland located in County Derry (also known as County Londonderry) in Northern Ireland, situated in the northwestern part of the island of Ireland. The townland forms part of the broader rural landscape characteristic of this region, which is marked by rolling hills, farmland, and scattered settlements typical of the Derry countryside. Like many townlands in County Derry, Mulnavoo reflects the historical pattern of land division and settlement that has shaped the Irish landscape for centuries, with its name likely deriving from Irish language origins, as is common throughout the county.

The area around Mulnavoo, like much of County Derry, has a complex historical background shaped by centuries of Irish and English settlement patterns, particularly from the period of the Ulster Plantation in the early seventeenth century onwards. County Derry itself became a focal point during this era of significant demographic and cultural change. The townland system, of which Mulnavoo is a part, represents one of the most distinctive features of Irish land organization and has remained a fundamental unit of geographic and administrative reference throughout Irish history and into the present day.

As a rural townland, Mulnavoo would have served primarily as an agricultural community, with local families engaged in farming and pastoral activities that have sustained rural County Derry for generations. The townland remains part of the living landscape of the county, contributing to the network of small settlements and communities that characterize the region. Though it may not be widely known beyond its immediate locality, Mulnavoo represents the type of modest rural townland that forms the backbone of County Derry's social and economic fabric, embodying the agricultural heritage and community connections that define rural Irish life.

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Parroquia

Ballynascreen

Condado

Derry

Baronía

Loughinsholin

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
Mulnavoo
Parroquia
Ballynascreen
Baronía
Loughinsholin
Condado
Derry