203
Registres de recensement
48
Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 93
- Foyers
- 22
- Personnes
- 110 +18.3%
- Foyers
- 26 +18.2%
À propos
Shanderry is a small townland located in County Offaly in the Irish Midlands, positioned within the broader landscape of the Offaly region. The area is characterized by the gently rolling terrain typical of central Ireland, with agricultural land forming the dominant feature of the locality. Like much of County Offaly, Shanderry sits in a region marked by a mix of pastureland and tillage farms, interspersed with hedgerows and scattered woodland patches. The landscape reflects centuries of pastoral farming practices that have shaped the Irish countryside, with stone walls and field boundaries defining property lines and creating the distinctive patchwork pattern visible across the midlands.
The townland, like many others in County Offaly, has deep historical roots extending back through the medieval and early modern periods. County Offaly itself has a rich history connected to the Kingdom of Offaly and the O'Carroll clan, though the specific historical narratives of Shanderry as an individual townland are modest in scale. The area would have been shaped by the broader historical currents affecting rural Ireland, including changes in land ownership, religious transitions, and the development of agricultural practices over several centuries. Townlands such as Shanderry represent the granular level of Irish geography and social organization that has persisted since medieval times.
Today, Shanderry remains a quiet rural townland where farming continues to be a central part of local life and economy. The community is integrated into the wider parish and county structures that form the basis of rural Irish society. Like many small Irish townlands, it represents the dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of the Irish countryside, where population is spread across numerous small communities rather than concentrated in larger villages. The preservation of the townland system itself, despite modern administrative changes, reflects the cultural and historical significance these small geographic units hold within Irish identity and local heritage.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Seandoire
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Baronnie
Philipstown Upper
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
18 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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