253
Registros censales
63
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 131
- Hogares
- 34
- Personas
- 122 -6.9%
- Hogares
- 29 -14.7%
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Rantavan is a small townland located in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland, situated in the province of Ulster. The townland forms part of the broader landscape of County Cavan, which is characterized by rolling hills, lakes, and drumlin formations typical of this region of the Irish midlands. Like many townlands in Cavan, Rantavan reflects the rural, agricultural character of the county, with its landscape shaped by centuries of farming and land use. The area is part of a network of small settlements and dispersed rural communities that constitute the wider parish and baronial divisions of County Cavan.
The history of Rantavan, as with most Irish townlands, extends back through centuries of settlement and land occupation. The townland system itself was formalized during the Tudor and Stuart periods as part of the English administrative division of Ireland, though human settlement in the area predates this formal organization considerably. Like other parts of County Cavan, the region would have been shaped by the broader historical events affecting Ireland, including the various plantations, the penal era, and the subsequent evolution of rural Irish society through the 18th and 19th centuries.
Rantavan remains part of the living landscape of County Cavan, functioning as one of many small rural communities that contribute to the character and heritage of the region. The townland, along with its neighbors, represents the dispersed settlement pattern typical of rural Cavan, where farming families and rural residences are distributed across the countryside rather than concentrated in large villages. For residents and those with ancestral connections to the area, Rantavan holds local significance as part of their community heritage and family history. The townland continues to be recognized in administrative, genealogical, and historical records as part of County Cavan's cultural and geographic identity.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Ráth an Tamhain
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Baronía
Castlerahan
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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