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Registres de recensement
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Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
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- Foyers
- 5
- Personnes
- 25 +13.6%
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À propos
Summerstown is a small townland located in County Meath in the province of Leinster in the east of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of the Meath countryside, an area known for its rolling agricultural lands, river valleys, and historical significance. Like many Irish townlands, Summerstown represents a traditional subdivision of land that reflects centuries of settlement patterns and land organization. The immediate environment is characterized by the pastoral terrain typical of County Meath, with fields, hedgerows, and scattered rural dwellings forming the settlement pattern common to Irish rural areas.
The history of Summerstown, as with many Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in the long occupation and agricultural use of the Irish landscape. County Meath itself holds considerable historical importance, being home to major archaeological sites and having played significant roles in Irish history from prehistoric times through the medieval period and beyond. Summerstown would have developed as part of this broader historical context, with its name and boundaries reflecting various stages of Irish settlement and land division, though detailed specific histories of individual small townlands are often sparse in readily available historical records.
As a rural townland in County Meath, Summerstown serves primarily as a residential and agricultural area for the local farming community. The townland represents the kind of small-scale human settlement that characterizes much of rural Ireland, where families have maintained connections to the land and to their immediate locality across generations. The significance of Summerstown to its residents lies in its role as a community space and in the continuation of rural life and agricultural practices that have sustained Irish countryside communities for centuries.
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Baronnie
Moyfenrath Lower
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Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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