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À propos
Ballyvatta is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster province of southern Ireland. As with many Irish townlands, it is a rural area characterized by the typical landscape of Cork's countryside, featuring rolling hills, agricultural land, and the pastoral scenery that defines much of the region. The townland is situated within the broader geography of Cork, an area known for its mix of farmland, coastal access, and small settlements dispersed throughout the county. Like many townlands in Ireland, Ballyvatta represents a traditional division of land that has its roots in Irish administrative history, though such divisions are primarily of historical and cultural significance today.
Ballyvatta shares the historical characteristics common to Irish townlands, which typically emerged as land divisions during medieval and early modern periods. The name itself, like most Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language origins, though the specific etymology and detailed historical records of this particular townland may be limited in readily available sources. The area would have been shaped by the agricultural economy that has long dominated rural Cork, with land use patterns reflecting both historical land ownership systems and the practical needs of farming communities.
Today, Ballyvatta remains a quiet rural townland, part of the dispersed settlement pattern that characterizes much of Cork's countryside. It contributes to the cultural and geographic fabric of the region as one of hundreds of named townlands throughout the county, each representing a distinct geographic and historical unit. For local residents and those with family connections to the area, the townland name carries personal and ancestral significance, linking people to specific places within Ireland's complex system of land organization that continues to be recognized and valued in Irish life and genealogical research.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Baile Mhata
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Baronnie
Barrymore
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
190 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
- Ballyvatta
- Irlandais
- Baile Mhata
- Paroisse
- Ballycurrany
- Baronnie
- Barrymore
- Comté
- Cork