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Comté de Kildare

Localité

Gotham

Gotham

16

Registres de recensement

3

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1911 Recensement
Personnes
16
Foyers
3

À propos

Gotham is a small townland situated in County Kildare in the province of Leinster, in the east-central part of Ireland. The county is known for its fertile agricultural land, stud farms, and proximity to Dublin, being located within the greater Dublin commuter belt. Gotham occupies a rural setting typical of inland Kildare, with the landscape characterized by pastoral fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads. The wider region is relatively low-lying and gently undulating, part of the central Irish plains that have traditionally supported mixed farming and livestock rearing.

Like many Irish townlands, Gotham has roots extending back centuries, though detailed historical records specific to this particular townland are limited in the public domain. The townland system itself, which divides the Irish countryside into small territorial units, dates to ancient Gaelic divisions and was formalized during English administration. Gotham would have developed as a farming community within this system, with its character shaped by local landholding patterns, family histories, and the broader historical developments affecting County Kildare over centuries.

As a rural townland in modern Ireland, Gotham remains primarily agricultural in character. Its significance lies in its role as part of the living countryside and farming heritage of County Kildare, contributing to the county's identity as an important agricultural region. The townland, like many similar settlements, represents the continuity of rural life and land use patterns that have defined the Irish landscape, even as the broader region experiences gradual changes through suburban expansion and modern development pressures from nearby urban centers.

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Paroisse

Ballaghmoon

Comté

Kildare

Nom irlandais

Gotham

Baronnie

Kilkea and Moone

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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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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Détails

Anglais
Gotham
Irlandais
Gotham
Paroisse
Ballaghmoon
Baronnie
Kilkea and Moone
Comté
Kildare