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Comté de Cork

Localité

Mountbridget

Cnoc Cille Bríde

18

Registres de recensement

4

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1911 Recensement
Personnes
18
Foyers
4

À propos

Mountbridget is a small townland located in County Cork in the province of Munster, in the southwestern part of Ireland. The townland is situated in the broader landscape of Cork's interior, characterized by rolling countryside, agricultural land, and the varied topography typical of the region. Like many Irish townlands, Mountbridget represents a historic unit of land division that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and land use in rural Cork. The surrounding area is marked by a patchwork of fields, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads that form the backbone of the rural Irish landscape.

The history of Mountbridget, as with much of rural Cork, is interwoven with the broader patterns of Irish settlement, agriculture, and the influence of various administrative and cultural forces over centuries. Townlands such as this emerged as distinct territorial units during the medieval period and later became standardized under English land administration. The local landscape and settlement patterns would have been shaped by factors including soil quality, water availability, and accessibility, with farming and pastoral activity forming the economic foundation of life in the townland for generations.

Today, Mountbridget remains primarily a rural agricultural area, serving as part of the patchwork of townlands that comprise the Cork countryside. Like many small Irish townlands, it is likely home to a handful of families and farms rather than functioning as a nucleated settlement or village. The townland maintains its significance as a geographic and administrative unit, and continues to be part of the living landscape of Cork, where traditional rural lifeways persist alongside modern changes affecting Irish agriculture and rural communities.

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Paroisse

Churchtown

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Cnoc Cille Bríde

Baronnie

Duhallow

Emplacement de la localité

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Détails

Anglais
Mountbridget
Irlandais
Cnoc Cille Bríde
Paroisse
Churchtown
Baronnie
Duhallow
Comté
Cork