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Glancuttaun Upper is a small townland located in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a historical administrative division of land that dates back centuries. The townland is situated in a region characterized by the typical landscape of County Kerry, with rolling hills, pastoral fields, and the natural vegetation common to southwest Ireland's maritime climate. The area's topography and soil composition have historically made it suitable for pastoral farming and small-scale agriculture, which have long formed the backbone of rural life in this part of the county.
The townland system in Ireland, of which Glancuttaun Upper is a part, has roots extending back to medieval times and earlier settlement patterns. Townlands served as fundamental units of land organization and ownership in Ireland, and their boundaries, though sometimes adjusted over centuries, often reflect ancient patterns of habitation and land use. Glancuttaun Upper would have been subject to the various historical changes that affected County Kerry, including Norman influence, the Tudor period, and subsequent landlord-tenant systems that shaped Irish rural society.
As a townland in rural Kerry, Glancuttaun Upper would have been home to farming families whose livelihoods depended on livestock and crops suited to the local climate. The community would have been connected to neighboring townlands and to the broader parish structures that organized social, religious, and administrative life. Like many rural Irish townlands, it likely experienced significant demographic changes over the past 150 years, including emigration during and after the Great Famine, which affected virtually all of rural Ireland.
Today, Glancuttaun Upper remains part of the fabric of County Kerry's rural landscape, representing the continuity of Irish townland divisions and the enduring connection between land, community, and local identity. While small and relatively quiet as a modern settlement, it carries the historical weight of generations of Irish rural life and maintains its place within the county's agricultural and cultural heritage.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Gleann Chatáin Uachtarach
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Baronnie
Dunkerron North
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
7 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
- Glancuttaun Upper
- Irlandais
- Gleann Chatáin Uachtarach
- Paroisse
- Killorglin
- Baronnie
- Dunkerron North
- Comté
- Kerry