278
Registres de recensement
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Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 143
- Foyers
- 34
- Personnes
- 135 -5.6%
- Foyers
- 31 -8.8%
À propos
Ellagh More is a townland situated in County Mayo in the province of Connacht in western Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it is a small administrative division of land with distinct historical boundaries. The townland system itself is a characteristic feature of the Irish landscape, with each townland typically comprising several hundred acres. Ellagh More lies within the broader geography of Mayo, a county known for its mountainous terrain, boglands, and coastal features. The landscape of this region is characteristic of western Ireland, with rolling hills, peat bogs, and agricultural land that has shaped human settlement and economic activity for centuries.
The townland, like much of County Mayo, has deep historical roots extending back through medieval and early modern Ireland. The region saw waves of settlement and cultural development, with the landscape bearing the marks of Gaelic Irish society, Anglo-Norman influence, and later English colonial administration. The townland system itself became standardized during the Tudor period and was further refined during the seventeenth-century plantation schemes and subsequent land surveys. Ellagh More, as with other Mayo townlands, would have experienced the significant social and economic upheavals that characterized Irish rural history, including the impact of the Great Famine in the nineteenth century.
Today, Ellagh More remains part of the living cultural and geographic fabric of Mayo. Like many Irish townlands, it serves as a reference point for local identity and community organization, even as the primary significance of townland boundaries has diminished with modern administrative structures. The townland reflects the enduring pattern of rural settlement in Ireland and maintains connections to the agricultural heritage of the region. For genealogists, historians, and those with family connections to the area, townlands like Ellagh More serve as important geographic and historical anchors for understanding Irish rural communities and family history.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
An Oileach Mhór
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Baronnie
Gallen
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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