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Comté de Cork

Localité

Ballygrunna

Baile an Ghrona

25

Registres de recensement

4

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
14
Foyers
2
1911 Recensement
Personnes
11 -21.4%
Foyers
2 0%

À propos

Ballygrunna is a small townland located in County Cork in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Cork, an area characterized by rolling hills, river valleys, and agricultural land typical of Munster. Like many Irish townlands, Ballygrunna represents one of thousands of small geographic divisions that historically organized rural settlement and land tenure across the island. The precise location and extent of the townland reflects patterns of medieval land division that have persisted into the modern era, though the townland system itself is primarily of historical and administrative significance today.

The history of Ballygrunna, like most Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the broader history of rural Cork. The name itself, derived from Irish, likely reflects settlement patterns from centuries past. The area would have been shaped by the agricultural economy that has long dominated rural Cork, with farming families working the land across generations. The townland system emerged during the Norman period and was further systematized under English administration, creating the framework of named divisions that still appear on Irish maps and in land records.

Ballygrunna remains part of the living landscape of Cork, though like many rural townlands it is primarily known to local residents and those engaged with historical or genealogical research. The townland serves as a geographic reference point for local communities and appears in property records, census data, and historical documents. For people tracing family heritage in County Cork, townlands like Ballygrunna are essential markers in understanding where ancestors lived and worked.

Today, Ballygrunna represents the enduring cultural geography of rural Ireland, where ancient administrative divisions continue to provide identity and connection to place. The townland system, though no longer the primary basis for local governance, remains significant for historical research, land records, and sense of local belonging among those with roots in the area.

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Paroisse

Ardagh

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Baile an Ghrona

Baronnie

Imokilly

Valuation Office Records

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

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13 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
Ballygrunna
Irlandais
Baile an Ghrona
Paroisse
Ardagh
Baronnie
Imokilly
Comté
Cork