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Registros censales
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Hogares
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Año del censo
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Newtown Kilcolgan is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated in the barony of Kilconnell. The area is characteristic of the broader Galway landscape, with gently rolling terrain typical of the county's rural hinterland. The townland lies within a region marked by field systems, scattered farmsteads, and small settlements that reflect centuries of agricultural settlement patterns. Like much of inland Galway, the landscape combines pastoral farmland with areas of rougher terrain, and the locality forms part of the broader rural fabric that has historically depended on farming and small-scale agriculture.
The townland's name itself reflects its origins, with "Newtown" suggesting a planned settlement while "Kilcolgan" derives from the Irish "Cill Cholgan," referring to a church associated with a saint named Colgan. This linguistic heritage points to the area's deep historical roots in Irish ecclesiastical and settlement geography. The region has been inhabited for centuries, with the landscape shaped by patterns of land division, parish organization, and community structure that evolved through the medieval and early modern periods. The townland represents one of many small administrative divisions that organize the Irish countryside, a system with roots extending back through various historical administrative reforms.
Newtown Kilcolgan, like many rural Galway townlands, is primarily notable for its role within the local agricultural community and its place within the broader cultural and historical geography of the region. While the townland itself may not be marked by dramatic historical events or major monuments, it represents the everyday landscape inhabited by ordinary people whose lives have been connected to farming, land use, and community networks. The area remains part of active rural parishes and local administrative structures, maintaining continuity with historical patterns of settlement and land organization that continue to define life in rural Galway.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile Nua Chill Cholgáin
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Baronía
Dunkellin
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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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