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Comté de Donegal

Localité

Bellanascaddan

63

Registres de recensement

13

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
32
Foyers
7
1911 Recensement
Personnes
31 -3.1%
Foyers
6 -14.3%

À propos

Bellanascaddan is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Donegal peninsula. Like many townlands in this region, it forms part of the intricate patchwork of rural settlements that characterize the Irish countryside. The area is characterized by the rolling hills, moorland, and coastal influences typical of Donegal, with the Atlantic weather patterns shaping both the landscape and the lives of its inhabitants. The townland's name, like many in Ireland, reflects its Irish linguistic heritage, with such place names often originating from Gaelic descriptors of the land itself.

As a rural townland in Donegal, Bellanascaddan reflects the broader historical patterns of settlement and land use in the region. The area, like much of Donegal, has deep historical roots connecting to the Gaelic Irish past, later influenced by English settlement patterns and the plantation policies of earlier centuries. The landscape and settlement patterns visible today bear the marks of these historical layers, with traditional rural land division and dispersed settlement patterns typical of the wider Donegal region.

Bellanascaddan, while small and relatively quiet in contemporary terms, represents the kind of rural townland that forms the backbone of Donegal's cultural and social fabric. These small settlements maintain local connections and community ties that have persisted through significant changes in Irish rural life. The townland remains part of the living landscape of County Donegal, contributing to the region's distinct character and the continuation of rural Irish heritage.

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Paroisse

Kilmacrenan

Comté

Donegal

Baronnie

Kilmacrenan

Valuation Office Records

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

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3 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
Bellanascaddan
Paroisse
Kilmacrenan
Baronnie
Kilmacrenan
Comté
Donegal