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Comté de Cork

Localité

Rossagh West

Rosach Thiar

32

Registres de recensement

8

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
13
Foyers
3
1911 Recensement
Personnes
19 +46.2%
Foyers
5 +66.7%

À propos

Rossagh West is a small townland located in County Cork in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland. It sits within the fertile agricultural landscape of Cork's interior, characterized by rolling hills, pastoral fields, and the typical patchwork of stone walls and hedgerows that define the Irish countryside. The townland is situated in an area with good access to both larger market towns and the broader Cork region, placing it within the broader context of Cork's mixed farming heritage and rural settlement patterns.

The area reflects the long history of settlement and land division that characterizes Irish townlands, administrative units that emerged from medieval and early modern patterns of habitation and land management. Like many such townlands in Cork, Rossagh West would have developed within the broader structures of Irish land tenure, changing hands and management through centuries of landlordism, agricultural change, and social transformation. The region has roots in both Gaelic and Anglo-Norman traditions, layering different cultural and historical influences across the landscape.

As a working rural townland, Rossagh West maintains its importance to the local farming community and the broader Cork agricultural economy. The townland represents the continuing pattern of family farms and rural life that characterizes much of inland Cork, though like many Irish rural areas it has experienced demographic changes as younger generations migrate to larger towns and cities. The landscape itself serves as a tangible record of centuries of land use, settlement, and community organization, embodying the resilience and adaptation of rural Irish communities.

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Paroisse

Doneraile

Comté

Cork

Nom irlandais

Rosach Thiar

Baronnie

Fermoy

Valuation Office Records

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

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8 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
Rossagh West
Irlandais
Rosach Thiar
Paroisse
Doneraile
Baronnie
Fermoy
Comté
Cork