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Comté de Waterford

Localité

Kilmacleague West

Cill Mhic Liag Thiar

27

Registres de recensement

5

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
27
Foyers
5

À propos

Kilmacleague West is a townland located in County Waterford in the province of Munster in south-eastern Ireland. The townland forms part of the broader Kilmacleague area in what is administratively part of the Dungarvan electoral area. The landscape of County Waterford is characterized by a mix of agricultural land, river valleys, and proximity to the Celtic Sea coastline. Kilmacleague West, like many townlands in this region, is primarily rural in nature, with its terrain shaped by Ireland's temperate maritime climate and the underlying geology of the Munster province.

Townlands such as Kilmacleague West represent a fundamental unit of Irish land division with roots extending back centuries. The townland system originated in medieval times and was further formalized during the various surveys and land redistributions of the early modern period. The name Kilmacleague itself likely derives from Irish language origins, with "Kil" typically referring to a church or monastic settlement, suggesting the area may have had religious or ecclesiastical significance in its past. Like many rural townlands in Waterford, Kilmacleague West would have been shaped by patterns of agricultural settlement, land tenure, and the social structures of rural Irish communities.

Today, Kilmacleague West remains a small rural townland within County Waterford's broader landscape of farms, villages, and natural features. The townland is part of a region with a living agricultural heritage and connection to Ireland's countryside traditions. For those researching Irish genealogy, local history, or the geographic divisions of County Waterford, Kilmacleague West represents one of hundreds of small administrative divisions that together form the intricate mosaic of Irish rural settlement patterns.

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Paroisse

Kilmacleague

Comté

Waterford

Nom irlandais

Cill Mhic Liag Thiar

Baronnie

Gaultiere

Valuation Office Records

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

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52 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
Kilmacleague West
Irlandais
Cill Mhic Liag Thiar
Paroisse
Kilmacleague
Baronnie
Gaultiere
Comté
Waterford