776
Registros censales
137
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 694
- Hogares
- 123
- Personas
- 82 -88.2%
- Hogares
- 14 -88.6%
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Teeranea is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. The area is characterized by the rolling terrain and agricultural land typical of rural Galway, with stone walls dividing fields and scattered farmsteads dotting the countryside. The townland, like many in this region, reflects the traditional settlement patterns of rural Ireland, where small communities developed around family farms and local roads. The landscape is shaped by both natural geography and centuries of human cultivation, with the terrain and climate supporting pastoral agriculture that has long formed the backbone of the local economy.
The history of Teeranea, like much of rural County Galway, is intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land ownership, and social change. The townland system itself dates back to medieval times and represents one of the oldest administrative divisions in Ireland. The area would have been shaped by the transition from Gaelic lordships to English colonial rule, the subsequent land confiscations and redistributions, and the later experience of the 19th-century famine and emigration that depopulated much of the Irish countryside. The townland names themselves often preserve Irish language heritage, offering linguistic connections to the area's past.
As a small rural townland, Teeranea is part of the wider fabric of County Galway's communities, contributing to the cultural and agricultural identity of the region. The local significance of such townlands lies partly in their role as anchoring points for family histories, genealogical research, and the sense of place and belonging for those with ancestral connections to the area. Today, many small townlands like Teeranea remain primarily agricultural, though they are also increasingly valued by visitors and descendants of Irish emigrants researching their heritage and connections to their ancestral homeland.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Tír an Fhia
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Baronía
Moycullen
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
58 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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