110
Registres de recensement
31
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 60
- Foyers
- 16
- Personnes
- 50 -16.7%
- Foyers
- 15 -6.3%
À propos
Lurgaboy is a small townland situated in County Armagh in Northern Ireland, located within the broader landscape of the Mid-Ulster region. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and pastoral countryside typical of County Armagh, an agricultural region known for its fertile soils and mixed farming heritage. The townland, like many others in the county, forms part of the patchwork of rural settlements that dot the landscape between larger towns and villages in the region.
County Armagh has a long and complex history spanning from prehistoric times through to the present day, with the wider area having been influenced by both Gaelic Irish and Anglo-Norman settlement patterns. Townlands like Lurgaboy represent the traditional territorial divisions of Irish land that originated in medieval times and continue to define local geography and community identity. The name itself, like many Irish townland names, likely derives from Irish language origins, though the specific historical details of Lurgaboy's naming and early settlement would require detailed local historical research to establish with certainty.
As a rural townland, Lurgaboy's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the agricultural and community fabric of County Armagh. The local area would have been shaped by farming practices, land ownership patterns, and the gradual changes that rural Irish communities have experienced over centuries. Today, like many similar townlands, it represents the continuity of rural settlement patterns and local identity in the region, even as broader economic and social changes have transformed rural life across Northern Ireland.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Baronnie
Fews Lower
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
3 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Lurgaboy
- Paroisse
- Mullaghbrack
- Baronnie
- Fews Lower
- Comté
- Armagh