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Comté de Cork

Localité

Poulavare

Poll an Mhaoir

24

Registres de recensement

4

Foyers

1

Année du recensement

1911 Recensement
Personnes
24
Foyers
4

À propos

Poulavare is a small townland located in County Cork, in the southwestern part of the Republic of Ireland. The area forms part of the broader landscape characteristic of Munster, with rolling hills, pastoral farmland, and the typical patchwork of stone-walled fields that define much of rural Cork. Like many Irish townlands, Poulavare represents a historic territorial division dating back centuries, though today it functions primarily as a dispersed rural settlement rather than a nucleated village. The broader region benefits from its proximity to Cork city while maintaining the quieter character of the countryside.

The townland system itself, which gives Poulavare its formal identity, has its roots in medieval and early modern Ireland, with boundaries often reflecting ancient territorial arrangements and patterns of land ownership. Poulavare, like other Cork townlands, would have experienced the various phases of Irish history, from Gaelic settlement patterns through Norman influence and into the period of English rule. The landscape bears the marks of long agricultural use, with evidence of historical land management practices visible in field patterns and stone walls. Local names and place-name elements often preserve memories of earlier inhabitants and land uses, though specific documented events at Poulavare itself remain less prominent in recorded histories than those of larger settlements.

Today, Poulavare functions as part of the living rural community of County Cork, where farming and land-based livelihoods remain significant. The townland serves as an organizing unit for local administration, historical records, and community identity, connecting residents to a specific piece of Irish geography with deep historical roots. Like many small Irish townlands, it represents the dispersed settlement pattern that has characterized rural Ireland for centuries, where families and small communities maintain strong local connections to their particular place. The preservation of townland names and identities, despite modern changes, ensures that places like Poulavare remain part of Cork's cultural and geographical heritage.

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Paroisse

Tullylease

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Poll an Mhaoir

Baronnie

Duhallow

Valuation Office Records

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

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45 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
Poulavare
Irlandais
Poll an Mhaoir
Paroisse
Tullylease
Baronnie
Duhallow
Comté
Cork