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À propos
Greaghagarran is a small townland located in County Cavan in the province of Ulster in northern Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it is a rural area characterized by the rolling hills and drumlin landscape typical of County Cavan. The region is dotted with small farms, hedgerows, and patches of woodland, with numerous small lakes and streams that are characteristic of the wider landscape. The townland's name, like many in Ireland, derives from the Irish language and reflects the long history of settlement in the area, though the precise translation and historical etymology may vary among sources.
The history of Greaghagarran, as with most Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land use, and community life. The area would have been shaped by centuries of agricultural practice, the influence of the Catholic Church, and the various phases of Irish history including the colonial period. Like many townlands in County Cavan, it likely experienced significant changes during the Great Famine of the 1840s and the subsequent decades of emigration that reshaped Irish rural communities. The land divisions and field patterns visible today reflect centuries of inheritance practices and agricultural adaptation.
Greaghagarran remains primarily a rural agricultural community, with farming continuing to be central to local life and land use. As a townland, it serves as a fundamental unit of local identity and organization in Irish rural society, though it is not a formal administrative entity in modern governance. The area's significance lies largely in its role as part of the wider County Cavan landscape and its contribution to the cultural and agricultural heritage of the region. Like many small Irish townlands, it represents the dispersed pattern of rural settlement that characterizes much of the Irish countryside and maintains connections to local history and family heritage for those with ancestral ties to the area.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Gréach an Ghearráin
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Baronnie
Clankee
- 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
- Greaghagarran
- Irlandais
- Gréach an Ghearráin
- Paroisse
- Knockbride
- Baronnie
- Clankee
- Comté
- Cavan