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Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
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- Foyers
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- Personnes
- 71 -36%
- Foyers
- 18 -21.7%
À propos
Inch is a small parish situated in County Wicklow in the province of Leinster in Ireland's southeast. The parish is located within the broader landscape of Wicklow, a county characterized by rolling hills, river valleys, and the dramatic backdrop of the Wicklow Mountains. The area's geography reflects the transition between the coastal lowlands and the mountainous interior, with pastoral farmland and woodland typical of the region. Like many parishes in rural Wicklow, Inch encompasses a relatively dispersed settlement pattern, with farms and small clusters of houses distributed across the countryside rather than a concentrated village center.
The parish has roots in Ireland's long history of settlement and ecclesiastical organization. The townland system and parish structure that define Inch today reflect the administrative arrangements that developed over centuries, influenced by both Gaelic and Norman settlement patterns. Churches and religious communities played a central role in shaping parish identity throughout the medieval and early modern periods, as they did across Ireland. The parish would have experienced the various transformations that affected rural Ireland, including the Plantation period, the changes following the Act of Union, and the social upheavals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Today, Inch remains part of the living landscape of County Wicklow, a region that has experienced both continuity and change in recent decades. Like many rural Irish parishes, it serves as a geographic and administrative unit that continues to structure local identity and community organization. The area maintains its agricultural character while also being situated within reach of broader regional development and the influence of nearby towns and Wicklow's growing tourism industry centered on its natural attractions.
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Baronnie
Arklow
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Nom irlandais
An Inis
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Griffith's Valuation
National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)
43 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 4 townlands (1830s-1850s).
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Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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Détails
- Anglais
- Inch
- Irlandais
- An Inis
- Baronnie
- Arklow
- Comté
- Wicklow