249
Registres de recensement
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 129
- Foyers
- 26
- Personnes
- 120 -7%
- Foyers
- 25 -3.8%
À propos
Altlahan is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Inishowen Peninsula region. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and rugged terrain typical of Donegal's countryside, with views across valleys and moorland that define much of the peninsula's natural topography. The townland's setting reflects the typical geography of rural Donegal, where settlements are dispersed throughout the landscape rather than concentrated in large villages, and where the land transitions between cultivated areas and wilder moorland.
Like many Irish townlands, Altlahan has its roots in the ancient Irish territorial system, where the townland represented the smallest administrative division of land. The name itself, like many Donegal place names, likely derives from Irish language origins, reflecting the deep linguistic and cultural heritage of the region. The area would have been shaped by centuries of agricultural settlement, the historical influence of local landlords, and the patterns of rural life that characterized Donegal through the medieval and modern periods.
The townland remains part of the living fabric of rural Donegal, where local communities maintain connections to the land and to traditional ways of life, even as broader social and economic changes have affected rural Ireland. Altlahan, like many small townlands across the county, represents an important element of Donegal's cultural and geographical identity, preserving the historical settlement patterns and names that form part of Ireland's heritage landscape. The significance of such townlands lies not only in any individual dramatic events, but in their collective representation of Irish rural life and the enduring patterns of habitation that characterize the Irish countryside.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
An Ailt Leathan
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Baronnie
Raphoe South
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- Anglais
- Altlahan
- Irlandais
- An Ailt Leathan
- Paroisse
- Kilteevoge
- Baronnie
- Raphoe South
- Comté
- Donegal