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À propos
Gortbreagoge is a small townland located in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the Dingle Peninsula region. The townland, like many in rural Kerry, is characterized by rolling green hills, pastoral farmland, and the rugged natural terrain typical of southwest Ireland. The area sits within a landscape shaped by centuries of agricultural use, with scattered farmsteads and traditional stone walls dividing fields, which are common features throughout the peninsula. The proximity to both coastal and inland features has historically made this region significant for both farming and fishing communities.
As with many Irish townlands, Gortbreagoge's name derives from Irish language roots, with "gort" meaning field or garden and "breagoge" relating to local geography or a personal name from earlier Irish history. The townland system itself represents one of Ireland's most distinctive administrative divisions, with thousands of these small territorial units established over centuries. Gortbreagoge would have developed as a community settlement within the broader parish structure, with residents engaged primarily in subsistence and commercial farming throughout its history. Like much of rural Kerry, the area would have been affected by major historical events including the Great Famine of the 1840s and subsequent emigration patterns that shaped Irish demographic history.
Today, Gortbreagoge remains a quiet rural townland representative of the many small communities scattered across the Dingle Peninsula and County Kerry more broadly. Its significance lies not in any single dramatic historical event or landmark, but rather in its role as part of the lived landscape and cultural heritage of the Kerry countryside. The townland continues to support a small number of farming families and represents the continuity of rural Irish life and land use patterns that have persisted for generations.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Gort Bréagóg
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Baronnie
Corkaguiny
- 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
- Gortbreagoge
- Irlandais
- Gort Bréagóg
- Paroisse
- Ballinvoher
- Baronnie
- Corkaguiny
- Comté
- Kerry