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- Personnes
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À propos
Derreenfinlehid is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and rugged terrain typical of County Kerry, with moorland, pasture, and scattered farmsteads defining the local geography. Like many townlands in this part of Ireland, Derreenfinlehid sits within a landscape shaped by both natural geography and centuries of human settlement and land use. The name itself, derived from Irish, reflects the townland's deep roots in the Irish language and cultural tradition that remains part of the region's identity.
The townland, like much of County Kerry, has a history intertwined with Ireland's broader past, including periods of Gaelic settlement, Anglo-Norman influence, and the various upheavals that marked Irish history from medieval times onward. Derreenfinlehid would have been part of the baronial and parish structures that organized rural Kerry, and its residents would have participated in the agricultural and social patterns typical of rural Irish communities. The area's history is largely that of ordinary rural life, though it forms part of the wider historical record of Kerry, a county with significant connections to Irish independence movements and cultural preservation.
Today, Derreenfinlehid remains a rural townland, part of the quieter landscape of the Dingle Peninsula away from major tourist centers. Like many such places, it serves primarily as farmland and residential space for local families, maintaining the agricultural character that has long defined the area. The townland contributes to the broader community identity of the region, representing the dispersed rural settlement pattern that characterizes much of southwest Ireland and preserves the traditional structure of Irish townlands as units of land division and local organization.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Doirín Finnleithid
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Baronnie
Dunkerron South
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
29 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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