54
Registres de recensement
11
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 40
- Foyers
- 7
- Personnes
- 14 -65%
- Foyers
- 4 -42.9%
À propos
Knockaneleigh is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster province of southern Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Cork's varied terrain, which encompasses rolling hills, agricultural land, and scattered settlements typical of rural Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, Knockaneleigh represents a traditional administrative division of land that dates back centuries, with such divisions serving as the fundamental geographic and social units of Irish rural organization.
The townland system itself, of which Knockaneleigh is a part, has deep historical roots in Irish geography and land management. These small territorial units were historically used for land tenure, taxation, and administrative purposes, and many townland names derive from Irish language origins, often reflecting geographic features or historical associations. The landscape around such Cork townlands has been shaped by centuries of agricultural use, with farming and pastoral practices remaining central to the character of rural Cork communities.
Rural townlands like Knockaneleigh form the backbone of Cork's dispersed settlement pattern, where small villages, individual farmsteads, and family holdings are distributed across the countryside rather than concentrated in larger urban centers. These communities maintain social and cultural connections rooted in local identity and shared history, with townland affiliation still serving as an important marker of local belonging for residents. The preservation of townland names and boundaries continues to be significant for genealogical research, local heritage, and maintaining connections to ancestral lands.
Today, Knockaneleigh remains part of Cork's rural landscape, where traditional ways of life coexist with contemporary challenges facing agricultural communities in Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents both a geographic location and a repository of local history and identity, embodying the enduring significance of these traditional land divisions in Irish society.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
An Cnocán Liath
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Baronnie
Muskerry East
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
19 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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