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Comté de Cork

Localité

Ballyfouloo

Baile Uí Fhoghlú

111

Registres de recensement

26

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
71
Foyers
16
1911 Recensement
Personnes
40 -43.7%
Foyers
10 -37.5%

À propos

Ballyfouloo is a townland situated in County Cork in the Munster province of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a small geographic and administrative division of the landscape, characteristic of the Irish land division system that dates back centuries. The townland is located in the broader Cork region, which encompasses diverse terrain ranging from coastal areas to inland valleys and farmland. The landscape of this part of Cork is typical of south-central Ireland, featuring rolling hills, agricultural fields, and rural settlement patterns that reflect generations of farming and pastoral activity.

The history of Ballyfouloo, as with many Irish townlands, is intertwined with the broader historical development of County Cork and Ireland itself. The townland system was formalized during various administrative reorganizations, particularly during the medieval and early modern periods. Like numerous rural areas in Cork, Ballyfouloo would have been shaped by patterns of settlement, land ownership, and the economic activities of its inhabitants over centuries, including changes brought about by the Norman invasion, the establishment of the landlord system, and later social and agricultural transformations.

As a rural townland in Cork, Ballyfouloo remains part of the cultural and geographic fabric of the county. The area continues to be characterized by agricultural use and rural residential settlement, reflecting the enduring importance of farming to this region. The townland, like others in Cork, forms part of the local community's sense of place and identity, with residents maintaining connections to the land and its history. The preservation of traditional townland names and divisions represents an important aspect of Irish cultural heritage and local geographic knowledge.

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Paroisse

Monkstown

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Baile Uí Fhoghlú

Baronnie

Kerrycurrihy

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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71 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

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Détails

Anglais
Ballyfouloo
Irlandais
Baile Uí Fhoghlú
Paroisse
Monkstown
Baronnie
Kerrycurrihy
Comté
Cork