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Registres de recensement
20
Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 56
- Foyers
- 14
- Personnes
- 32 -42.9%
- Foyers
- 6 -57.1%
À propos
Garryantaggart is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster region of southern Ireland. It sits within the barony of Duhallow, an area characterized by rolling countryside and agricultural land in the north-central part of the county. The landscape of this region is typical of inland Cork, with pastoral fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads interspersed throughout the terrain. Like much of Duhallow, Garryantaggart benefits from the relatively fertile soil and moderate climate that have long made this part of Cork suitable for mixed farming and pastoral agriculture.
The name Garryantaggart, like many Irish townland names, derives from the Irish language and reflects the area's long history of Gaelic settlement and culture. Townlands such as this have served as the fundamental units of land division in Ireland since at least medieval times, with their boundaries often reflecting ancient territorial arrangements. The history of Garryantaggart would be closely tied to the broader historical developments affecting County Cork, including the Norman and English presence, the plantation period, and the subsequent evolution of Irish rural society through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
As a rural townland in modern times, Garryantaggart represents the quiet, dispersed settlement pattern typical of agricultural Cork. Its significance lies primarily in its role as part of the local farming community and the broader cultural and economic life of the Duhallow region. The townland itself would contain only a handful of houses and farms, with residents maintaining connections to nearby larger villages and towns for services and commerce. Like many rural Irish townlands, it serves as a repository of local heritage and identity for families with deep roots in the area.
Today, Garryantaggart remains a small, largely agricultural townland characteristic of rural Cork's landscape. While it may not have prominent historical monuments or major events associated with it, its existence and persistence reflect the enduring structure of Irish rural settlement and land use. For those with family connections to the area, the townland carries personal and genealogical significance, and it continues to form part of the distinctive patchwork of names and places that define the Irish countryside.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Garraí an tSagairt
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Baronnie
Barrymore
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
5 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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