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Killogilleen, Gaillimh

Ceantar

Killogilleen

Gaillimh

40

Townlands

1,282

Taifid Daonáirimh

231

Teaghlaigh

2

Bliana Daonáirimh

1901 Daonáireamh
Daoine
656
Teaghlaigh
114
1911 Daonáireamh
Daoine
626 -4.6%
Teaghlaigh
117 +2.6%

Maidir Liom

Killogilleen is a small rural district located in County Galway in the west of Ireland, situated in the broader landscape of Connemara. The area is characterized by typical west Galway terrain, featuring rolling countryside, bogland, and stone walls that define the rural Irish landscape. The district lies within a region known for its Atlantic coastal influences and dramatic weather patterns. Like much of western Galway, Killogilleen's landscape reflects the geological and climatic features that have shaped settlement patterns throughout the area, with scattered farmsteads and small communities dispersed across the countryside rather than concentrated urban development.

The history of Killogilleen, like many Irish townlands, is deeply rooted in rural agriculture and the historical patterns of Gaelic and Anglo-Norman settlement. The area's name itself reflects Irish linguistic heritage, typical of place names across County Galway that preserve aspects of the Irish language and historical naming conventions. The region has experienced the broader historical currents that shaped rural Ireland, including the impacts of the Land Acts, agricultural changes, and social transformations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Local history is often preserved through community memory, local records, and the material landscape of stone structures and field systems that reflect generations of habitation.

For the local community, Killogilleen represents a connection to rural Irish heritage and agricultural tradition. The district, like many small Irish townlands, contributes to the cultural fabric of the broader Galway region, with residents maintaining ties to farming, local community activities, and connections to nearby larger settlements for services and employment. The area reflects the ongoing relationship between rural communities and the land in western Ireland, where small population numbers and dispersed settlement patterns are characteristic of the Connemara region. Such communities remain significant to local identity and the preservation of rural Irish life, even as broader economic and demographic changes continue to shape rural Ireland.

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Áit

Gaillimh

Dlínse

Poblacht na hÉireann

Bliana Daonáirimh

1901, 1911

Townlands

40 townlands taifeadta

Gníomhartha Tapa

Innéacs

Féach ar gach 32 áit na hÉireann

Brabhsáil de réir Suíomh

Druil síos ó áit go teaghlach

Cuardaigh Griffith's Valuation

Suirbhé maoine ó ré an Ghorta (1847-1864)

Faigh an Aip iOS

Cuardaigh ar an mbóthar

Íoslódáil

Suíomh an Cheantair

OpenStreetMap

Sonraí

Ceantar
Killogilleen
Áit
Gaillimh
Gaeilge
Gaillimh
Dlínse
Poblacht na hÉireann

Taifid Daonáirimh

1901 1911 | Cuardaigh gach duine →

Townlands

40
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