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Comté de Kerry

Localité

Ballygamboon Lower

Baile an Ghambúnaigh Íochtarach

17

Registres de recensement

3

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
17
Foyers
3

À propos

Ballygamboon Lower is a townland situated in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, located within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The townland forms part of the intricate patchwork of small rural settlements characteristic of County Kerry, an area known for its dramatic coastal scenery, mountainous terrain, and verdant countryside. Like many Kerry townlands, Ballygamboon Lower is positioned in terrain shaped by glacial activity and geological processes that have left the region with rolling hills, bogland, and pastoral fields suitable for traditional farming practices. The landscape reflects the typical West of Ireland environment, with stone walls and hedgerows dividing agricultural holdings.

The townland system itself, to which Ballygamboon Lower belongs, represents a fundamental administrative division established during the Anglo-Norman period and refined through subsequent centuries of Irish history. These small geographic units served important functions in land surveying, taxation, and local governance. County Kerry, like other Irish counties, contains hundreds of such townlands, many with Irish-language origins whose names often reference historical features, landowners, or landscape characteristics. Ballygamboon Lower's name and division (indicated by "Lower") suggest historical land divisions common throughout rural Ireland, though specific details about this particular townland's origins would require consultation of historical records and Irish place-name scholarship.

Ballygamboon Lower, like many rural Irish townlands, remains primarily agricultural in character, with the local community connected to farming, pastoral activities, and small-scale rural enterprise. The significance of such townlands extends beyond their administrative function—they represent the basic units of Irish rural life and identity, serving as important reference points for residents and maintaining connections to local history and heritage. The preservation of these traditional townland divisions reflects Ireland's commitment to maintaining geographic and cultural continuity with its past, even as rural communities face the challenges and changes of the modern era.

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Paroisse

Kiltallagh

Comté

Kerry

Nom irlandais

Baile an Ghambúnaigh Íochtarach

Baronnie

Trughanacmy

Valuation Office Records

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

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28 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
Ballygamboon Lower
Irlandais
Baile an Ghambúnaigh Íochtarach
Paroisse
Kiltallagh
Baronnie
Trughanacmy
Comté
Kerry