52
Registros censales
9
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 29
- Hogares
- 5
- Personas
- 23 -20.7%
- Hogares
- 4 -20%
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Shean Lower is a townland located in County Cork in the south of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Munster. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a small territorial division with deep historical roots in the Irish land system. The townland is situated in a region characterized by the rolling countryside typical of Cork's interior, with the landscape shaped by Ireland's temperate maritime climate and geological heritage. The area is part of the rich agricultural heartland of County Cork, where farming and rural settlement have long defined the character of the land and its communities.
The history of Shean Lower, like that of many Irish townlands, reflects the complex layers of settlement and land ownership that characterize rural Cork. Townlands as administrative divisions date back centuries in Irish history, with their boundaries often reflecting patterns of medieval and earlier settlement. Shean Lower would have existed within the framework of Irish clan territories and later Anglo-Norman influence, experiences that shaped settlement patterns across County Cork. The townland system itself was formalized and recorded during various surveys and land commissions, including the Civil Survey and Ordnance Survey mapping that documented Irish territories from the seventeenth century onward.
As a rural townland, Shean Lower would have served as the home to farming families and been central to local agricultural life and community connections. Townlands like Shean Lower formed the basic social and territorial unit of rural Irish life, where neighbors, kinship networks, and shared land use created strong community bonds. These small divisions remain significant to local identity and heritage, even as rural Irish communities have faced ongoing changes through emigration, economic shifts, and modernization. The townland continues to carry cultural and historical meaning for those connected to the area through family ties and local heritage.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
An Sián Íochtarach
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Baronía
Muskerry East
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
2 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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