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Rusheen is a small townland located in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. The area forms part of the broader landscape characteristic of Kerry's rural regions, with rolling countryside and proximity to the Atlantic coastal influences that shape much of the county's climate and geography. Like many Kerry townlands, Rusheen sits within a patchwork of small settlements and agricultural land that has defined the region's character for centuries. The townland system itself, inherited from historical administrative divisions, remains an important geographic reference point in Ireland's naming and mapping conventions, even as many such small settlements have experienced significant depopulation and social change over the modern era.
The history of Rusheen, as with most Irish townlands, is deeply intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish rural settlement and land use. The area has its roots in the medieval and early modern periods of Irish history, when townlands were formally established as land divisions. Over subsequent centuries, the townland would have been shaped by the major historical forces affecting rural Kerry—including the impact of the Great Famine in the mid-nineteenth century, patterns of emigration, changes in agricultural practices, and the evolution of land ownership and tenancy systems. Like many rural Kerry communities, Rusheen reflects both the resilience and the challenges of Irish rural life across different historical periods.
Today, Rusheen remains part of the living landscape of County Kerry, though like many small townlands it is relatively quiet and sparsely populated compared to larger settlements. The significance of such townlands lies partly in their role as anchors of local identity and community heritage, and in their place within Ireland's distinctive system of land division and nomenclature. For residents and those with family connections to the area, Rusheen represents a connection to place and local history that remains meaningful despite the social and economic changes that have transformed rural Ireland over the past two centuries.
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- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Roisín
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Baronía
Magunihy
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
75 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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