152
Registres de recensement
24
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 75
- Foyers
- 11
- Personnes
- 77 +2.7%
- Foyers
- 13 +18.2%
À propos
Ballyhiernan is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Donegal peninsula. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and moorland typical of this part of Ulster, with views toward the Atlantic coast and nearby hills. Like many townlands in Donegal, Ballyhiernan forms part of the intricate patchwork of small rural settlements that define the county's geography, where scattered houses and farms are interspersed with bogland, rough pasture, and stone boundaries that mark centuries of land division.
The townland system itself, of which Ballyhiernan is a part, represents a distinctive feature of Irish land organization with roots extending back centuries. These small administrative divisions were formalized during the Tudor period and refined during subsequent land surveys and the Plantation era. Ballyhiernan, like other Donegal townlands, reflects the historical patterns of settlement, ownership, and inheritance that shaped the region's development, though detailed historical records specific to this individual townland may be limited in public sources.
Today, Ballyhiernan remains a rural community typical of inland Donegal, where agriculture, particularly sheep and cattle farming, has historically formed the basis of the local economy. The townland is part of the wider cultural and social fabric of Donegal, an area known for its strong Irish language heritage and traditional music traditions. For residents and descendants of the area, Ballyhiernan represents a connection to family history and to the rural Irish landscape that continues to shape life in this part of the northwest.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Baile Thiarnáin
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Baronnie
Kilmacrenan
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
6 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Ballyhiernan
- Irlandais
- Baile Thiarnáin
- Paroisse
- Clondavaddog
- Baronnie
- Kilmacrenan
- Comté
- Donegal