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Comté de Kerry

Localité

Crinny West

Cruinne Thiar

88

Registres de recensement

14

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
40
Foyers
6
1911 Recensement
Personnes
48 +20%
Foyers
8 +33.3%

À propos

Crinny West is a townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The townland forms part of the rural hinterland that characterizes much of inland Kerry, an area defined by rolling hills, small agricultural holdings, and traditional Irish countryside features. Like many townlands in this region, Crinny West sits within a landscape shaped by centuries of farming and pastoral activity, with a mix of fields, stone walls, and scattered residential properties typical of rural Kerry settlements.

The history of Crinny West, as with most Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the agricultural and social patterns that have defined rural Ireland for generations. Townlands themselves are an ancient administrative division with origins in Gaelic Ireland, later systematized during the Norman and English periods. The area would have been organized around subsistence farming and pastoral activities, with families working small plots of land and maintaining cattle herds, patterns that persisted well into the modern era and left their mark on the landscape through field divisions and settlement patterns.

Crinny West remains primarily a rural residential area with limited commercial development, reflecting the character of many small townlands in County Kerry. The community would be connected to broader parish structures and local services, with residents likely relying on nearby larger villages or towns for shops, schools, and services. Like many Irish townlands, Crinny West serves as a geographic and social reference point for local residents and maintains significance as part of the cultural and administrative fabric of the region, even as rural depopulation and changing economic patterns have affected many such communities.

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Paroisse

Castleisland

Comté

Kerry

Nom irlandais

Cruinne Thiar

Baronnie

Trughanacmy

Valuation Office Records

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

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22 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
Crinny West
Irlandais
Cruinne Thiar
Paroisse
Castleisland
Baronnie
Trughanacmy
Comté
Kerry