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Registros censales
3
Hogares
1
Año del censo
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- Hogares
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Rathpoge West is a townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the landscape characteristic of this region. Like many Irish townlands, it forms part of the administrative and historical geography of the county, with its name deriving from Irish origins—"Rath" typically referring to a hill fort or fortified enclosure. The townland is positioned within Kerry's varied terrain, which encompasses mountains, valleys, and coastal influences that have shaped settlement patterns throughout the area for centuries.
The history of Rathpoge West, like much of rural Kerry, is intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land use, and community development. Townlands in this region were traditionally organized around agricultural pursuits, with farming families occupying scattered holdings across the countryside. The area would have experienced the various historical changes that affected Kerry over centuries, including the Norman period, the upheavals of the 17th century, the impact of the Famine, and subsequent emigration that significantly altered rural Irish communities.
Rathpoge West remains part of the living rural fabric of County Kerry, where townlands continue to serve as important markers of local identity and heritage. These small geographic units maintain cultural and community significance, even as rural Ireland has undergone substantial changes in population and economic activity. The townland represents the kind of historic territorial division that characterizes Irish countryside organization and continues to be referenced in local contexts, genealogical research, and community consciousness.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Ráth an Phúcaigh Thiar
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Baronía
Trughanacmy
- 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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