78
Registros censales
16
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 45
- Hogares
- 9
- Personas
- 33 -26.7%
- Hogares
- 7 -22.2%
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Rathbeg is a small townland situated in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, located in the northeastern part of the island. The townland forms part of the broader landscape of County Antrim, which is characterized by rolling countryside, rural settlements, and proximity to both inland and coastal features. Like many townlands in Ulster, Rathbeg represents a traditional administrative division of Irish land that dates back centuries, typically comprising several hundred acres and serving as a fundamental unit of local geography and community organization.
The townland system itself has deep historical roots in Irish land management, with origins tracing back through medieval times and becoming more formally documented during the period of English conquest and plantation. Rathbeg, like other townlands in the region, would have been shaped by various historical processes including land ownership changes, settlement patterns, and the socioeconomic developments that affected County Antrim across the centuries. The name "Rathbeg," following Irish naming conventions, likely derives from "Rath" (an ancient Irish fort or fortified dwelling) combined with "Beag" (small), suggesting the area may have had historical significance as a settlement site.
Today, Rathbeg remains a rural townland, part of the patchwork of small communities and agricultural lands that characterize much of County Antrim's interior. As with many such townlands in Northern Ireland, it serves primarily as a geographic reference point and administrative designation rather than as a nucleated village or town center. The townland continues to be significant to local residents and landholders as a means of identifying property, understanding local heritage, and maintaining connection to the traditional Irish landscape organization that has persisted for generations.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Antrim Upper
- Logainm
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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