37
Registros censales
8
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 22
- Hogares
- 4
- Personas
- 15 -31.8%
- Hogares
- 4 0%
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Slanes is a small townland located in County Down in Northern Ireland, situated in the northeastern part of the island. The townland lies within the broader landscape of County Down, which is characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and proximity to both inland and coastal features. Like many townlands in this region, Slanes forms part of the intricate patchwork of rural settlements that define the countryside of County Down. The landscape typical of this area reflects the region's history of farming and rural development, with fields, small roads, and scattered dwellings that are common to townland settlements across Northern Ireland.
Slanes, as with most Irish townlands, has its roots in the historical administrative divisions established over centuries. Townlands represent one of the oldest surviving land division systems in Ireland, with their origins often traceable to medieval times and earlier. The name itself, like many townland names in Ulster, likely derives from Irish or Anglo-Norman sources, though the specific historical narrative of Slanes would require detailed local historical research to fully document. These small administrative units have persisted through various historical periods, including the plantation era, the union with Great Britain, and the partition of Ireland, maintaining their significance as basic geographic and community markers.
The significance of Slanes to the local community, as with most townlands, relates to its function as a recognized geographic and social unit within the rural fabric of County Down. Townlands serve as important reference points for local identity and community organization, and Slanes would have formed part of the daily geography and social structures of the people living in and around it. Today, like many rural townlands, it represents part of the distinctive cultural and geographic heritage of County Down, contributing to the rich tapestry of place names and settled landscapes that characterize the Irish countryside and its communities.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Sláine
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Baronía
Ards 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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