235
Registres de recensement
44
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 117
- Foyers
- 23
- Personnes
- 118 +0.9%
- Foyers
- 21 -8.7%
À propos
Coolfin is a small townland located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Galway countryside. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a traditional administrative and geographical division of rural Ireland, with its own distinct boundaries and local identity. The area is characterized by typical western Irish terrain, with pastoral fields, stone walls, and the rolling topography common to County Galway's rural regions. The landscape reflects centuries of agricultural use and settlement patterns that have shaped the Irish countryside.
The townland system, of which Coolfin forms a part, has deep historical roots in Irish land organization. Townlands were formally established as administrative units during various periods of Irish history, with their current boundaries often reflecting medieval and early modern land divisions. County Galway, like other Irish counties, contains hundreds of such townlands, each with its own name—often derived from Irish language origins—that frequently relates to geographical features, historical residents, or land characteristics. Coolfin's name, like others in the region, carries linguistic and historical significance rooted in the Irish cultural landscape.
As a rural townland in contemporary Ireland, Coolfin is part of the fabric of local community life in County Galway, though like many small rural areas, it likely experiences the broader trends affecting Irish countryside communities. The townland system, while no longer the primary administrative division, remains culturally and historically significant to local identity and land record-keeping. Coolfin and its neighboring townlands contribute to the sense of place and heritage that characterizes rural Galway, even as modern Ireland continues to evolve and change.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Cúil Fhinn
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Baronnie
Kiltartan
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
32 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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