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Comté de Carlow

Localité

Ballykilduff Lower

Baile Ghallduibh Íochtarach

27

Registres de recensement

5

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1911 Recensement
Personnes
27
Foyers
5

À propos

Ballykilduff Lower is a townland situated in County Carlow in the province of Leinster in southeast Ireland. Located in the heart of the midlands region, it forms part of the broader landscape characterized by rolling hills, agricultural land, and the River Barrow system that defines much of the county's geography. Like many Irish townlands, Ballykilduff Lower occupies a modest area and is primarily composed of rural countryside typical of inland Carlow, with scattered farmsteads, hedgerows, and field patterns that reflect centuries of land management and settlement patterns.

As with most Irish townlands, Ballykilduff Lower has origins tracing back through medieval and early modern Irish history. The townland system itself was formalized during the Norman period and subsequently refined under English administration, particularly during the Tudor and Stuart eras. County Carlow itself has a rich historical background as part of the Pale's periphery and later as a center of agricultural and small-scale industrial activity. The name "Ballykilduff" likely derives from Irish placename elements, though precise etymological details would require specialized historical research into local records and Irish language sources.

Ballykilduff Lower, like many rural Irish townlands, is primarily significant as part of the living landscape and heritage of County Carlow. As a rural community space, it would have supported farming families and maintained connections to nearby villages and market towns. Today it represents the kind of dispersed rural settlement pattern that characterizes much of inland Ireland, where townlands serve as local geographic and social reference points for residents, even as they remain largely unknown to those outside their immediate region.

The townland remains part of the contemporary administrative and cultural fabric of County Carlow, contributing to the county's identity as a rural agricultural area. Like many Irish townlands, Ballykilduff Lower embodies the long continuity of Irish settlement patterns and serves as a reminder of how Irish geography is organized through these historical units that continue to hold local significance despite the growth of modern administrative structures.

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Paroisse

Haroldstown

Comté

Carlow

Nom irlandais

Baile Ghallduibh Íochtarach

Baronnie

Rathvilly

Valuation Office Records

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

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14 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
Ballykilduff Lower
Irlandais
Baile Ghallduibh Íochtarach
Paroisse
Haroldstown
Baronnie
Rathvilly
Comté
Carlow