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Comté de Cork

Localité

Ballyheen Middle

Baile Choinn Láir

33

Registres de recensement

6

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
20
Foyers
3
1911 Recensement
Personnes
13 -35%
Foyers
3 0%

À propos

Ballyheen Middle is a townland located in County Cork in the province of Munster in southern Ireland. The townland forms part of the broader Ballyheen area in what is typically described as rural Cork countryside. Like many Irish townlands, Ballyheen Middle represents a small geographic division of land with its own distinct name and boundary, though such divisions are often subtle to the casual observer. The landscape is characteristic of rural County Cork, featuring rolling terrain, pastureland, and scattered rural dwellings typical of the region's agricultural heritage.

The townland system itself, which includes Ballyheen Middle, has roots extending back through Irish administrative history, with townland divisions codified and mapped during the Ordnance Survey work of the nineteenth century. The name Ballyheen likely derives from Irish linguistic roots, as do most Irish townland names, though the specific historical development of this particular townland follows patterns common to Cork's settlement history. Like much of County Cork, the area would have experienced the agricultural and social transformations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including changes in land ownership, farming practices, and population distribution.

Today, Ballyheen Middle remains a quiet rural townland within Cork's countryside landscape. It serves as a geographic reference point for local residents and in records relating to property, heritage, and local administration. The townland, like many in Ireland, continues to represent a connection to Irish place-name heritage and local identity, even as rural areas experience ongoing changes in land use and population patterns. For those researching family history, local genealogy, or the detailed geography of County Cork, townlands such as Ballyheen Middle provide important geographic and historical anchors within the Irish landscape.

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Paroisse

Kilbrin

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Baile Choinn Láir

Baronnie

Duhallow

Valuation Office Records

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

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33 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
Ballyheen Middle
Irlandais
Baile Choinn Láir
Paroisse
Kilbrin
Baronnie
Duhallow
Comté
Cork