33
Registros censales
6
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 13
- Hogares
- 3
- Personas
- 20 +53.8%
- Hogares
- 3 0%
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Truska is a small townland situated in County Galway in the west of Ireland, part of the broader landscape characteristic of Galway's varied terrain. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a traditional administrative division with roots extending back centuries into the country's historical geography. The townland system, which divides the Irish countryside into these smaller units, reflects patterns of land organization that have shaped settlement and property ownership across the island. Truska's location within Galway places it in a county known for its mix of bogland, farmland, and areas of natural beauty, though specific details about its immediate topography would be best verified through local geographic resources.
The history of Truska, as with most Irish townlands, is intertwined with the broader social, economic, and political developments that have affected rural County Galway. The townland would have been subject to the various land systems and ownership patterns that characterized Irish rural life, including the historical impacts of the landlord system and subsequent land reforms. Like other parts of Galway, the area would have experienced the significant demographic changes of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including emigration and changes in agricultural practice that reshaped rural Irish communities.
Truska functions as part of the living landscape of County Galway, where townlands continue to serve as important reference points for local identity and geographic orientation, even as their administrative significance has evolved in modern times. For those with family connections to the area or local residents, the townland name carries cultural and personal significance, anchoring community memory and genealogical ties to the land. Like many rural Irish townlands, Truska represents the intricate patchwork of small communities that together form the character of the Irish countryside.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Troscaigh
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Baronía
Ballynahinch
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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