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Registres de recensement
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 54
- Foyers
- 11
- Personnes
- 24 -55.6%
- Foyers
- 5 -54.5%
À propos
Heathfield is a townland located in County Roscommon in the midlands of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape characteristic of this region, which is marked by rolling countryside, farmland, and the presence of numerous small settlements scattered throughout. County Roscommon itself is known for its agricultural heritage and its position in the central part of the Irish midlands, with the landscape traditionally shaped by pastoral farming and rural communities that have sustained themselves through generations of land use and cultivation.
Like many Irish townlands, Heathfield represents a small administrative and geographical unit with deep historical roots. Townlands in Ireland are among the oldest surviving place-name divisions, with origins extending back centuries. The townland system itself reflects patterns of settlement and land division that developed over the medieval and early modern periods, making places like Heathfield integral to understanding the fabric of rural Irish life and how communities organized themselves geographically and socially across the countryside.
The local community significance of Heathfield, as with other townlands in County Roscommon, lies in its role as part of the wider rural network that defines life in the midlands. Townlands serve as reference points for residents, connecting people to specific places and contributing to local identity. The broader area encompasses various parishes, villages, and townlands that together form the social and geographical infrastructure of the county, supporting farming families and maintaining cultural continuity within rural Irish society.
Heathfield remains part of the contemporary landscape of County Roscommon, contributing to the character of the region's countryside while serving as a home and livelihood base for those who inhabit it. Like many Irish townlands, it represents the persistence of small-scale rural settlement patterns and the enduring importance of place-based identity in Ireland's agricultural communities, even as the broader patterns of Irish rural life have evolved over recent decades.
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Baronnie
Castlereagh
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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