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Registres de recensement
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 16
- Foyers
- 6
- Personnes
- 17 +6.3%
- Foyers
- 5 -16.7%
À propos
Ballycairn is a small townland situated in County Derry (also known as County Londonderry) in Northern Ireland. It lies within the broader landscape of the North West of the island of Ireland, an area characterized by rolling countryside, agricultural land, and proximity to both inland waterways and coastal regions. Like many townlands in County Derry, Ballycairn reflects the typical topography of the region, with gentle hills and fields that have historically supported pastoral farming and rural settlement patterns common to Ulster.
The townland system itself, of which Ballycairn forms a part, represents a distinctive feature of Irish geography and land organization with roots extending back through centuries of settlement and administrative division. County Derry's history encompasses periods of Gaelic Irish society, Norman influence, and the more recent colonial period that shaped much of Ireland's political and social landscape. Ballycairn, like other townlands in the county, carries this layered historical heritage, though specific local events or notable figures from the area would require detailed local historical research to document accurately.
Ballycairn's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the living rural community of County Derry. The townland represents the kind of small-scale territorial divisions that remain important to local identity and land ownership in Ireland, even in the modern era. These areas continue to function as meaningful geographic and social units within their parishes and districts, maintaining connections to farming heritage and traditional rural life while adapting to contemporary Irish society.
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Baronnie
Coleraine
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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