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Comté de Cork

Localité

Crooha Middle

Na Cruacha Láir

63

Registres de recensement

13

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
27
Foyers
6
1911 Recensement
Personnes
36 +33.3%
Foyers
7 +16.7%

À propos

Crooha Middle is a townland located in County Cork, situated in the Munster region of southern Ireland. As a townland, it represents one of the traditional administrative divisions that characterize the Irish landscape, typically comprising several hundred acres of land. The area falls within the broader geography of Cork, a county known for its varied terrain of rolling hills, river valleys, and agricultural land. The landscape in this part of Cork is generally characterized by pastoral farming country, with a mix of fields, hedgerows, and scattered settlements typical of rural Munster.

The townland system itself has deep historical roots in Ireland, with origins tracing back centuries through various periods of Irish and English administration. Townlands like Crooha Middle developed as local geographic and social units within the broader parish and baronial structures. The specific history of Crooha Middle, like many Irish townlands, is intertwined with the larger historical patterns of County Cork, including periods of Gaelic settlement, Norman influence, and later English administration. The name itself, like many Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language origins, though the exact etymological details would require specialized research into local historical records.

As a rural townland in Cork, Crooha Middle would have been historically centered around agricultural and pastoral activities, which remain significant to rural Irish life. The community significance of such townlands lies in their role as recognized geographic and social units within parish structures, serving practical purposes for land ownership, administration, and local identity. Today, townlands continue to hold importance in Irish cultural geography and local heritage, even as rural populations have shifted and changed over generations. The preservation of townland names and boundaries represents an important connection to Ireland's territorial and social history.

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Paroisse

Kilcaskan

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Na Cruacha Láir

Baronnie

Bear

Valuation Office Records

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

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11 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
Crooha Middle
Irlandais
Na Cruacha Láir
Paroisse
Kilcaskan
Baronnie
Bear
Comté
Cork