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Comté de Derry

Localité

Bolie

392

Registres de recensement

74

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
213
Foyers
39
1911 Recensement
Personnes
179 -16%
Foyers
35 -10.3%

À propos

Bolie is a small townland located in County Derry in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Ulster region. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and agricultural countryside typical of much of County Derry, with a landscape shaped by centuries of farming and rural settlement. The townland's geography reflects the natural terrain of the Sperrins foothills and surrounding drumlin country, which defines much of the local topography. Like many townlands in the region, Bolie represents a small administrative and territorial unit of Irish land organization, a system with deep historical roots dating back centuries.

The history of Bolie, like much of County Derry, is intertwined with the broader history of Ulster and Ireland. County Derry itself has a complex history involving both Gaelic Irish and Plantation period influences, with significant English and Scottish settlement occurring during the seventeenth century. Townlands such as Bolie emerged as recognized land divisions during various periods of administrative organization and land surveying, particularly during the post-Plantation era. The local community would have been shaped by agricultural practices, land ownership patterns, and the social structures that developed across rural Derry.

As a rural townland, Bolie's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the agricultural and cultural fabric of County Derry. Such townlands serve as important markers of local identity and heritage for residents and descendants of the area. The townland system itself remains culturally significant in Ireland and Northern Ireland, representing continuity with historical settlement patterns and community organization. Bolie, though small and rural, contributes to the broader tapestry of County Derry's landscape and cultural geography, reflecting the enduring importance of these traditional land divisions in Irish life.

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Paroisse

Faughanvale

Comté

Derry

Baronnie

Tirkeeran

Valuation Office Records

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

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4 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
Bolie
Paroisse
Faughanvale
Baronnie
Tirkeeran
Comté
Derry