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Registres de recensement
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 49
- Foyers
- 11
- Personnes
- 45 -8.2%
- Foyers
- 12 +9.1%
À propos
Canbeg is a small townland located in County Leitrim in the northwest of Ireland, situated in the province of Connacht. The townland lies within the broader landscape characteristic of County Leitrim, an area known for its rural character, modest population density, and natural features including lakes, rivers, and rolling countryside. Like many Irish townlands, Canbeg represents a traditional administrative subdivision of land, with its own defined boundaries that reflect historical patterns of settlement and land division dating back centuries. The landscape around Canbeg is typical of the border region between counties, with pastoral fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads forming the primary visual character of the area.
The history of Canbeg, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply intertwined with patterns of Gaelic settlement, the Anglo-Norman period, and subsequent land reorganization. The townland system itself was formalized during the Tudor and Stuart periods as the English administration sought to systematize Irish land holdings. Over the centuries, Canbeg would have been part of the broader social and economic structures of County Leitrim, with inhabitants engaged primarily in agriculture and pastoral farming. The townland's name itself carries linguistic roots in the Irish language, reflecting the area's Gaelic heritage, though like many such place names, its precise etymology and original form have evolved through centuries of English and Irish usage.
Canbeg today remains a quiet rural townland with limited commercial or industrial development, characteristic of many small settlements in County Leitrim. The townland serves primarily as a residential and agricultural area, with the broader community identity often centered on nearby towns and villages that provide services and social focal points. As a component of the wider County Leitrim landscape, Canbeg is part of a region that has experienced demographic changes over recent decades, with rural depopulation in many areas offset partly by interest in rural tourism and heritage. The townland's significance lies mainly in its connection to local family histories, farming traditions, and the cultural continuity of rural Irish life.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
An Ceann Beag
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Baronnie
Drumahaire
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- Anglais
- Canbeg
- Irlandais
- An Ceann Beag
- Paroisse
- Inishmagrath
- Baronnie
- Drumahaire
- Comté
- Leitrim