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Comté de Limerick

Localité

Mitchelstowndown

Baile Mhistéala na dTamhan

21

Registres de recensement

6

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
7
Foyers
3
1911 Recensement
Personnes
14 +100%
Foyers
3 0%

À propos

Mitchelstowndown is a small townland located in County Limerick in the province of Munster in the Republic of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of mid-Limerick, an area characterized by rolling countryside, agricultural land, and the typical pastoral scenery of the Irish Midlands. Like many rural townlands in County Limerick, Mitchelstowndown is positioned within a network of small settlements and dispersed rural dwellings, typical of the Irish countryside where population is spread across numerous small communities rather than concentrated in large towns.

The history of Mitchelstowndown, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply connected to the Anglo-Norman and later English colonization of Ireland. The townland system itself, which divides the Irish landscape into small administrative and territorial units, has roots extending back centuries and reflects patterns of historical land division and settlement. Limerick as a county has significant historical importance, and the rural townlands within it preserve the character of traditional Irish rural settlement patterns that have evolved over generations.

Mitchelstowndown, like other rural townlands in Limerick, primarily functions as an agricultural community where farming remains the backbone of local economic activity. The townland forms part of the social and economic fabric of the local parish and broader county community. Its significance lies not in dramatic historical events or major monuments, but rather in its representation of traditional rural Irish life and its role as part of the intricate patchwork of small communities that constitute the countryside of County Limerick.

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Mitchelstowndown

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Paroisse

Ballingarry

Comté

Limerick

Nom irlandais

Baile Mhistéala na dTamhan

Baronnie

Coshlea

Valuation Office Records

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

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7 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
Mitchelstowndown
Irlandais
Baile Mhistéala na dTamhan
Paroisse
Ballingarry
Baronnie
Coshlea
Comté
Limerick