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Registres de recensement
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Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 42
- Foyers
- 9
- Personnes
- 46 +9.5%
- Foyers
- 8 -11.1%
À propos
Derrylough is a small townland situated in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, positioned within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The townland forms part of the rural, mountainous terrain characteristic of this area of County Kerry, where rugged hills, moorland, and scattered settlements define the topography. Like many townlands in west Kerry, Derrylough represents a traditional administrative division of the Irish landscape, with its boundaries reflecting centuries-old patterns of land organization and settlement that continue to structure rural Irish geography.
The history of Derrylough, like much of rural Kerry, is rooted in Irish pastoral tradition and subsistence farming practices that have long characterized the region. The townland's name itself derives from Irish linguistic roots, reflecting the Gaelic heritage of the area. As with many small Kerry townlands, the settlement pattern would historically have consisted of scattered farmsteads and houses rather than a concentrated village, a pattern typical of the dispersed rural settlement common throughout the west of Ireland.
Today, Derrylough remains part of the quiet rural fabric of County Kerry, representing the kind of small townland that forms the backbone of Ireland's countryside. These modest settlements, while not widely known to visitors or featuring prominently in broader historical records, are significant to their local communities as repositories of family heritage, agricultural practice, and cultural continuity. The townland contributes to the distinctive character of the Dingle Peninsula region and maintains connections to traditional Irish rural life that have persisted across generations.
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Nom irlandais
Doire Locha
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Baronnie
Glanarought
- 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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