100
Registres de recensement
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Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 52
- Foyers
- 11
- Personnes
- 48 -7.7%
- Foyers
- 11 0%
À propos
Cloondacarra Beg is a small townland located in County Roscommon in the midlands of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of the central Irish plains, an area characterized by rolling agricultural land, scattered settlements, and the network of waterways that define the region's hydrology. Like many townlands in County Roscommon, Cloondacarra Beg reflects the typical rural Irish geography of small fields divided by hedgerows and stone walls, interspersed with farmsteads and occasional wooded areas. The landscape is generally low-lying and pastoral, suited historically to mixed farming and livestock rearing, which remain important to the local economy.
The townland is one of many small administrative divisions that emerged from historical land divisions in Ireland, a legacy of both Gaelic and Anglo-Norman settlement patterns. County Roscommon itself has a rich history spanning from early Christian monastic foundations through the medieval period and into the modern era. Townlands like Cloondacarra Beg formed part of the basic territorial organization of rural Ireland, with names often deriving from Irish language origins. The prefix "Cloon" typically indicates a meadow or pasture in Irish placenames, suggesting the agricultural character that has long defined such areas.
As a small rural townland, Cloondacarra Beg would have been home to farming families whose lives revolved around the agricultural seasons and the rhythms of rural community life. Like many such townlands, it likely experienced significant demographic changes during the 19th and 20th centuries, including emigration and shifts in land use patterns. Today, it represents part of the living landscape of rural Roscommon, contributing to the character and heritage of the county's townland system, which remains an important part of Irish geographic and cultural identity.
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
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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