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Registres de recensement
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Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 25
- Foyers
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- Personnes
- 14 -44%
- Foyers
- 3 -40%
À propos
Marybrook is a small townland located in County Cork in the Munster province of southern Ireland. As a townland—the smallest administrative division in the Irish land system—it represents one of thousands of such rural settlements that characterize the Irish countryside. The townland system, established during the plantation era and formalized through various land surveys, divides the landscape into discrete territorial units that have persisted for centuries as meaningful geographic and social reference points for local communities.
The landscape of County Cork is characterized by rolling hills, river valleys, and mixed agricultural land, and Marybrook fits within this broader geographic context. The region experiences a temperate maritime climate typical of southwestern Ireland, with significant rainfall supporting green pastures and mixed farming practices. Like many Cork townlands, Marybrook would have historically been shaped by agricultural activity, with farmsteads and field systems reflecting both the natural topography and the patterns of settlement and land use that developed over generations.
The history of Marybrook, like that of many Irish townlands, is intertwined with the broader historical narrative of County Cork and Ireland more generally. Townlands such as Marybrook have their roots in ancient Gaelic territorial organization, though their current boundaries were often formalized or adjusted during the English surveys and plantations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The names of townlands frequently reflect Irish language origins, local landmarks, or historical figures and events, providing linguistic and cultural connections to Ireland's past.
For local communities, townlands like Marybrook serve as important geographic and social reference points that persist in everyday language and local knowledge, even as administrative structures have changed over time. These small territorial units continue to appear in official records, property deeds, and local usage, making them significant markers of place identity in rural Ireland. Understanding townlands provides insight into how Irish people organize and relate to their landscape and how historical settlement patterns continue to shape community boundaries today.
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Nom irlandais
An Garrán
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Baronnie
Duhallow
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
57 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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