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À propos
Killamurren is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster region of southern Ireland. It is situated in the southwestern part of the county, in an area characterized by the undulating terrain typical of rural Cork. The landscape consists of rolling hills, pastoral farmland, and hedgerow-lined fields that are characteristic of this agricultural region. Like many Irish townlands, Killamurren forms part of a wider pattern of settlement that reflects centuries of rural Irish land organization, where such small administrative divisions have long served as the fundamental units of local geography and community identity.
The townland system itself, of which Killamurren is one example, has deep historical roots in Irish geography, with origins extending back through the medieval period and earlier. These small territorial divisions were formally documented and mapped during the nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey of Ireland, which created the detailed records that established the modern boundaries and names of Ireland's thousands of townlands. Like most of rural Cork, Killamurren would have experienced the significant social and economic changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including the impacts of the Great Famine and subsequent emigration patterns that shaped Irish rural society.
As a rural townland in Cork, Killamurren is representative of the small farming communities that continue to characterize much of the Irish countryside. The area would have been traditionally dependent on agricultural activity, with mixed farming practices supporting local families and contributing to the broader regional economy. Today, Killamurren remains part of the living landscape of Cork, integrated into the local community structure and continuing to serve as a geographic reference point for residents and those familiar with the area.
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Nom irlandais
Cill Mhuirín
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Baronnie
Barrymore
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
22 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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