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Ardyhoolihane is a small townland located in County Cork, in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Munster, characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and the verdant countryside typical of rural Cork. Like many Irish townlands, Ardyhoolihane represents a historic unit of land division that reflects centuries of settlement patterns in Ireland. The name itself, derived from Irish, suggests deep historical roots in the Gaelic landscape, though the exact etymology and early settlement history of this particular townland would require detailed local historical sources to describe with complete accuracy.
The area around Ardyhoolihane, like much of County Cork, has been shaped by agricultural traditions and small-scale farming communities over many centuries. The landscape would have supported pastoral and arable farming, which formed the economic backbone of rural Irish life. Townlands such as Ardyhoolihane represent the fragmented pattern of land ownership and community organization that developed in Ireland over medieval and early modern periods, with each townland containing a small population engaged primarily in farming and related rural activities.
As a modest rural townland in Cork, Ardyhoolihane would have been part of the broader historical experiences of the Irish countryside, including the impacts of the Famine era, land reform movements, and the gradual modernization of rural Ireland. The townland form of organization, while less prominent in modern Irish administration, remains culturally and historically significant as it represents traditional patterns of community and land use that have shaped Irish rural identity for centuries.
Today, Ardyhoolihane remains part of the Cork countryside, reflecting the quiet persistence of Irish rural communities. While such small townlands are often overlooked in broader historical narratives, they remain meaningful to local residents and continue to form the geographic and cultural fabric of rural Ireland.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Ard Uí Uallacháin
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Baronnie
Bantry
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
4 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Ardyhoolihane
- Irlandais
- Ard Uí Uallacháin
- Paroisse
- Kilmocomoge
- Baronnie
- Bantry
- Comté
- Cork