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- Personnes
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- Foyers
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- Personnes
- 121 -4.7%
- Foyers
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À propos
Derrycashel is a small townland located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Irish midlands and west. Like many townlands in this region, it forms part of the intricate patchwork of rural communities that characterize County Mayo's geography. The area is characterized by the undulating terrain typical of western Ireland, with mixed pastoral farmland, hedgerows, and scattered dwelling houses that define the rural character of the Mayo countryside. The townland's name derives from Irish, with "Derry" referring to an oak grove or oak wood, suggesting the area's historical landscape and vegetation patterns.
The history of Derrycashel, like that of most Irish townlands, extends back centuries and is intertwined with the broader social, economic, and political developments of County Mayo and Ireland more generally. Townlands in this region were historically significant administrative divisions used for land tenure, taxation, and local organization, particularly during periods of English and later British rule. The Mayo region experienced significant changes through the medieval period, the Tudor and Stuart eras, and particularly during the Great Famine of the 1840s, events that would have directly affected communities like Derrycashel and shaped patterns of emigration and settlement.
Derrycashel represents the kind of small rural townland that forms the foundation of Mayo's cultural and agricultural heritage. These communities have traditionally depended on small-scale farming, pastoral agriculture, and local social networks centered around family, church, and townland connections. The significance of such townlands lies not necessarily in major historical events or monuments, but in their role as enduring human settlements that have sustained generations of Irish families and maintained cultural continuity in the Irish countryside over centuries.
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