59
Registres de recensement
12
Foyers
2
Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 30
- Foyers
- 6
- Personnes
- 29 -3.3%
- Foyers
- 6 0%
À propos
Willowhill is a small townland located in County Cork in the province of Munster in southern Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents a unit of land division with deep historical roots in Irish geography and administrative systems. The townland system, which organizes rural areas into small named territories, has been a fundamental feature of the Irish landscape for centuries. Willowhill sits within the broader context of Cork's varied terrain, which encompasses coastal regions, river valleys, and inland agricultural areas characterized by rolling countryside typical of Munster's landscape.
The history of Willowhill, as with many Irish townlands, is interwoven with the broader historical narratives of County Cork and Ireland more generally. The townland system itself has Anglo-Norman and medieval origins, though many townlands preserve older Irish place names and settlement patterns. County Cork itself has a rich history spanning from early Christian monastic settlements through the medieval period and into the early modern era, when the region experienced significant changes during English colonization and plantation periods. Local townlands like Willowhill would have been shaped by these historical processes, including changes in land ownership, agricultural practices, and settlement patterns over centuries.
Like other rural townlands in Cork, Willowhill likely serves primarily as an agricultural and residential area within the county's rural fabric. Townlands of this type are fundamental to local identity and land registration in Ireland, even though they often contain only a handful of households or farms. The significance of such places extends beyond their economic function to their role in community heritage, local geography, and the preservation of Irish place names and cultural geography. Understanding townlands like Willowhill contributes to a fuller appreciation of how rural Ireland is organized and how communities maintain connections to their specific places and local histories.
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- Paroisse
- Comté
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Nom irlandais
Cnoc na Saileach
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Baronnie
Kinalea
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
97 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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- Anglais
- Willowhill
- Irlandais
- Cnoc na Saileach
- Paroisse
- Kilpatrick
- Baronnie
- Kinalea
- Comté
- Cork