229
Registros censales
48
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 122
- Hogares
- 25
- Personas
- 107 -12.3%
- Hogares
- 23 -8%
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Tamnagh is a small townland located in County Derry (also known as County Londonderry) in Northern Ireland. It is situated in the northern part of the county, in the area around the Limavady district. The landscape is characteristic of much of County Derry, featuring rolling countryside typical of the North West of Ireland. The townland, like many others in the region, is relatively rural and agricultural in character, with scattered houses and farmland forming the primary features of the settlement pattern.
The townland name itself reflects the Irish linguistic heritage of the area, with many place names in County Derry deriving from Irish language origins. County Derry has a long and complex history, having been significantly shaped by plantation policies and subsequent settlement patterns during the early modern period. The local communities have maintained strong connections to the land and to traditional ways of life, with farming remaining an important part of the local economy and culture throughout the region's history.
Tamnagh, as a townland, represents the dispersed rural settlement pattern common throughout much of Northern Ireland and the wider island. The townland system itself is a distinctive feature of Irish geography, dividing the landscape into small administrative and social units that have persisted for centuries. These townlands have served as important units of local identity and organization, and Tamnagh would have functioned as such a unit for the communities living within its boundaries.
The significance of Tamnagh to the local community lies primarily in its role as part of the broader rural fabric of County Derry. Like many rural townlands in the region, it represents an important connection to the agricultural heritage and landscape history of the area. For residents and those with family connections to the townland, it carries local cultural and personal significance as a place of residence, work, and community ties.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Baronía
Tirkeeran
- 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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