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Comté de Cavan

Localité

Capragh

12

Registres de recensement

3

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1911 Recensement
Personnes
12
Foyers
3

À propos

Capragh is a small townland situated in County Cavan in the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. Like many townlands in this region, it forms part of the patchwork of rural settlements that characterize the Irish midlands and border counties. The landscape around Capragh is typical of County Cavan, featuring rolling countryside interspersed with farmland, small forests, and the network of streams and small lakes that dot the area. The townland's geographic position within the broader county places it in a region known for its agricultural heritage and its position near the border with County Monaghan.

County Cavan as a whole has a rich historical background stretching back centuries, with Gaelic and Norman influences shaping its development. Like other townlands in the county, Capragh would have been part of the broader historical processes that affected rural Ulster, including the Norman invasion, plantation periods, and the subsequent agrarian and social changes that characterized Irish rural life from the medieval period onward. Townlands such as Capragh represent the fundamental administrative and social units that have organized rural Irish society for centuries.

Capragh, as a townland, serves as an important reference point for local identity and community organization in County Cavan. Townlands remain significant in Irish rural life for purposes of local knowledge, postal addresses, and cultural identity, even as modern administrative structures have evolved. The townland designation helps preserve the intimate scale of Irish rural geography and continues to be used by residents and local authorities alike. For those with family connections to the area, townlands like Capragh represent important links to ancestral heritage and local roots.

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Paroisse

Ballymachugh

Comté

Cavan

Baronnie

Clanmahon

Valuation Office Records

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

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1 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
Capragh
Paroisse
Ballymachugh
Baronnie
Clanmahon
Comté
Cavan