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Registres de recensement
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- Personnes
- 63
- Foyers
- 15
- Personnes
- 57 -9.5%
- Foyers
- 14 -6.7%
À propos
Leamacrossan is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated in the wider landscape of the Donegal peninsula. The townland is characteristic of the rural, undulating terrain typical of this region, with its mixture of moorland, small fields, and scattered rural dwellings. Like much of Donegal, the area experiences the Atlantic weather patterns that shape both the landscape and the traditional way of life for those living there. The townland is part of the broader baronial and administrative divisions that have historically organized this part of Ulster.
The history of Leamacrossan, like many Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the settlement patterns and land divisions established over centuries. Donegal as a county has a rich and complex history involving Gaelic Irish clans, Anglo-Norman influence, plantation policies, and subsequent social changes. Townlands such as Leamacrossan represent the granular level of Irish geography where local families established their homes and worked the land, and these small administrative units have been central to Irish identity and land records since medieval times.
The significance of Leamacrossan to the local community lies primarily in its role as part of the living rural landscape of Donegal, where farming, forestry, and small-scale agriculture have traditionally formed the backbone of the local economy. The townland remains part of the interconnected network of rural communities that together form the cultural and social fabric of the county. Like many such places in rural Ireland, it represents the continuity of settlement and community life in what remains a sparsely populated but culturally distinct region.
Today, Leamacrossan exemplifies the character of rural Donegal townlands, spaces that maintain their historic significance while adapting to contemporary rural life. These small geographic units continue to be recognized in official records, mapping, and local knowledge, serving as reference points for identity and belonging within the broader Irish landscape.
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- Inishowen East
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