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Dromloughlin is a small townland located in County Cork in the southwestern region of Ireland. The townland is situated in the rolling countryside characteristic of this part of Munster, where agricultural land, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads define the rural landscape. Like many Irish townlands, Dromloughlin represents a historic administrative and territorial unit that has shaped settlement patterns and land use in the region for centuries. The area's terrain reflects the typical features of Cork's inland countryside, with moderate elevation changes and a climate well-suited to pastoral farming.
The townland system in Ireland, to which Dromloughlin belongs, originated in the medieval period and has deep roots in Irish land organization. Townlands served as fundamental units of land division and continue to hold significance in Irish geography and local identity, even as their administrative importance has diminished in modern times. Dromloughlin, like other townlands in Cork, would have been subject to various historical changes including land divisions, ownership transfers, and the impact of broader Irish historical events such as the Plantations and the Great Famine.
Dromloughlin remains part of the living rural community of County Cork, contributing to the agricultural character of the region. The townland represents the kind of small-scale geographic and social unit that has historically been central to Irish rural life and identity. For residents and those with family connections to the area, townland names like Dromloughlin maintain cultural and genealogical significance, helping to preserve local heritage and historical continuity within Cork's communities.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Drom Lochlainn
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Baronnie
Bantry
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Dromloughlin
- Irlandais
- Drom Lochlainn
- Paroisse
- Kilmocomoge
- Baronnie
- Bantry
- Comté
- Cork