79
Registros censales
19
Hogares
2
Años del censo
- Personas
- 39
- Hogares
- 9
- Personas
- 40 +2.6%
- Hogares
- 10 +11.1%
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Woodpark is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Irish midlands and western regions. The area is characterized by the rolling countryside typical of Galway, with a mix of agricultural land, hedgerows, and scattered rural settlements. Like much of County Galway, the terrain reflects the county's varied topography, ranging from more open pastoral areas to regions with greater woodland coverage. The townland's name itself suggests a historical connection to forested areas, which would have been more prevalent across Ireland in earlier centuries before extensive land clearance for agriculture.
The history of Woodpark, like many Irish townlands, is tied to the broader patterns of settlement, land use, and social organization that have shaped rural Ireland over centuries. Townlands in County Galway reflect layers of Irish, Norman, and English influence, with land ownership and usage patterns evolving through various historical periods. Woodpark would have experienced the transitions that characterized rural Galway, including changes in agricultural practice, shifts in population, and the impacts of major historical events that affected Ireland.
As a rural townland in modern County Galway, Woodpark remains part of the agricultural and community fabric of the region. Like many small Irish townlands, it likely serves as a geographic reference point for local residents and appears in land records and administrative divisions. The townland system itself, which divides Irish countryside into these small named units, remains an important part of Irish geographic and cultural heritage, even as many townlands have become less populated or economically active than in previous generations.
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- Parroquia
- Condado
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Nombre en irlandés
Baile na Coille
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Baronía
Clare
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
7 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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