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Comté de Cork

Localité

Kilmacahill

Cill Mhic Cathail

157

Registres de recensement

31

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
74
Foyers
16
1911 Recensement
Personnes
83 +12.2%
Foyers
15 -6.3%

À propos

Kilmacahill is a small townland located in County Cork in the southern province of Munster, Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Cork's rural interior, characterized by gentle rolling hills, pastoral farmland, and the intricate network of fields and hedgerows typical of the Irish countryside. Like many Cork townlands, it forms part of the complex patchwork of small administrative divisions that historically organized rural settlement patterns across Ireland. The landscape is predominantly agricultural, with the terrain suitable for mixed farming and grazing, which has shaped its economic and social character for centuries.

The name Kilmacahill, like many Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language roots, with "Kil" typically referring to a church or monastic settlement, suggesting early Christian religious significance in the area. Townlands such as this have their origins in medieval and earlier settlement patterns, though many underwent significant changes during periods of English administration and the subsequent land reforms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The townland would have been surveyed and recorded during various administrative campaigns, including the Down Survey of the 1650s and later Ordnance Survey mapping, which documented Ireland's land divisions in detail.

Today, Kilmacahill remains a quiet rural townland, reflecting the broader characteristics of Cork's countryside where farming continues to form the backbone of local life. As a townland, it serves as an important unit of local identity and heritage, with residents maintaining connections to the specific place name and its associated history. The area contributes to the cultural and agricultural heritage of Cork, participating in the sustenance of rural communities and traditional ways of life that have persisted in Irish countryside settlements for generations.

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Paroisse

Cloyne

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Cill Mhic Cathail

Baronnie

Imokilly

Valuation Office Records

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

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106 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
Kilmacahill
Irlandais
Cill Mhic Cathail
Paroisse
Cloyne
Baronnie
Imokilly
Comté
Cork