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Gortmore, Comté de Cork

District

Gortmore

Comté de Cork

1

Townlands

425

Registres de recensement

82

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
219
Foyers
42
1911 Recensement
Personnes
206 -5.9%
Foyers
40 -4.8%

À propos

Gortmore is a small rural district located in County Cork in the southwestern region of Ireland. Situated in the broader landscape of Cork's inland areas, the district is characterized by the rolling countryside and agricultural lands typical of the region. Like much of Cork's interior, Gortmore sits within a landscape shaped by limestone geology and dotted with traditional stone walls, small villages, and dispersed farmsteads. The area's topography and climate have historically made it suitable for farming and pastoral activities, which remain central to the local economy and way of life.

The history of Gortmore, like that of many Irish rural districts, is deeply connected to the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land use, and social change. The district would have been shaped by centuries of agricultural tradition, the influence of the Anglo-Norman and later English rule over Ireland, and the significant upheavals of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Great Famine and Irish independence movements. The local landscape bears the marks of these historical periods in its field patterns, settlement structures, and surviving structures that reflect different eras of inhabitation and land management.

Gortmore remains a quiet rural community that preserves aspects of traditional Irish countryside life. Like many such districts, it likely serves as home to farming families and those with deep roots in the area, and it contributes to the cultural and economic fabric of Cork's rural communities. The district's significance lies primarily in its role as part of Cork's agricultural heritage and its function as a living rural community, where traditional knowledge and practices related to farming and land stewardship continue to be important.

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Comté

Cork

Juridiction

République d'Irlande

Années de recensement

1901, 1911

Townlands

1 townlands enregistrées

Emplacement du district

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Détails

District
Gortmore
Comté
Cork
Irlandais
Corcaigh
Juridiction
République d'Irlande

Townlands

1