377
Registres de recensement
87
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 90
- Foyers
- 20
- Personnes
- 287 +218.9%
- Foyers
- 67 +235%
À propos
Edenderry is a small townland located in County Down in Northern Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Down area. Like many Irish townlands, it occupies a modest geographical footprint within the parish structure that has long organized rural settlement patterns in the region. The terrain of County Down is generally characterized by rolling hills and agricultural land, with the Mourne Mountains forming a notable feature to the south. Edenderry, as part of this county, sits within terrain that has traditionally supported farming and pastoral activities, typical of much of the Ulster landscape.
The townland, like others across County Down, reflects the complex historical layering of Irish rural settlement. County Down has a significant historical record spanning from early medieval times through the Norman period and into the plantation era of the early modern period. The townland system itself, which divides the Irish countryside into small administrative units, developed over centuries and became formally standardized during various surveys and estate developments. Edenderry would have experienced the various transformations that characterized County Down's history, from its early Gaelic roots through periods of English and Scottish settlement.
As a small rural townland, Edenderry would have maintained importance primarily as a local community space and agricultural holding. The significance of such townlands to their immediate surroundings lies in their role as the basic building blocks of rural Irish life, where families maintained farms, developed social connections, and participated in parish activities. Local features such as townland boundaries, traditional pathways, and connections to nearby settlements would have structured daily life and community identity for residents.
Today, Edenderry represents one of thousands of Irish townlands that continue to form part of the administrative and cultural geography of the island. While many such small townlands have experienced changes in population and land use over recent decades, they remain important to local identity and historical understanding. The townland system itself has gained increased recognition among genealogists, historians, and those researching Irish heritage, making places like Edenderry relevant to understanding both local and broader Irish history.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Éadan Doire
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Baronnie
Castlereagh Upper
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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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