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Comté de Derry

Localité

Cloyfin South

41

Registres de recensement

11

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
18
Foyers
5
1911 Recensement
Personnes
23 +27.8%
Foyers
6 +20%

À propos

Cloyfin South is a small townland located in County Derry in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county's rolling terrain. The townland lies in an area characterized by the rural, agricultural countryside that typifies much of inland County Derry, where hedgerows, fields, and scattered farmsteads form the dominant features of the landscape. Like many townlands in the region, Cloyfin South represents a small administrative division with deep historical roots in the Irish land system, where such divisions have shaped patterns of settlement and land ownership for centuries.

The area reflects the complex historical layers of County Derry, a region with significant medieval and early modern history tied to Anglo-Norman settlement, the Plantation of Ulster, and subsequent agrarian development. The townland system itself, which includes Cloyfin South, originated in the early modern period as part of the reorganization of Irish land holdings, particularly during and after the Ulster Plantation in the early seventeenth century. As with many rural townlands in County Derry, the history of Cloyfin South is interwoven with broader patterns of landlord-tenant relations, agricultural change, and the experiences of rural communities across several centuries.

Today, Cloyfin South remains a quiet rural townland, typical of the dispersed settlement pattern found throughout County Derry's countryside. The townland is primarily characterized by agricultural use, with local farming families maintaining the land that has sustained rural livelihoods for generations. While it may not be widely known beyond the immediate region, Cloyfin South holds significance as part of the fabric of local community identity and the cultural landscape of County Derry, representing continuity with the area's long-established rural heritage and the enduring importance of townland divisions in Irish geography and local governance.

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Paroisse

Ballyrashane

Comté

Derry

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North-East Liberties of Coleraine

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Détails

Anglais
Cloyfin South
Paroisse
Ballyrashane
Baronnie
North-East Liberties of Coleraine
Comté
Derry