18
Bailte Fearainn
748
Taifid Daonáirimh
152
Teaghlaigh
2
Bliana Daonáirimh
- Daoine
- 242
- Teaghlaigh
- 51
- Daoine
- 506 +109.1%
- Teaghlaigh
- 101 +98%
Maidir Liom
Bunown is a small parish located in County Westmeath in the Irish Midlands, situated within the broader landscape of the region's characteristic rolling countryside. The parish forms part of the rural fabric of Westmeath, a county known for its lakes, bogland, and agricultural heritage. The landscape in and around Bunown reflects the typical topography of the Midlands, with fields, hedgerows, and small settlements scattered across gently undulating terrain. Like much of Westmeath, the area has connections to Ireland's network of rivers and waterways that have historically shaped settlement patterns and economic activity in the region.
The parish, like many in rural Ireland, has roots extending back centuries into Irish ecclesiastical history. Bunown would have formed part of the network of parishes that organized both spiritual life and local administration throughout the medieval and early modern periods. The development of the parish system reflected the influence of the Catholic Church in shaping community identity and governance, particularly following the Reformation period when parish structures became especially important to Irish Catholic communities. The townland and parish names that persist today are often remnants of these historical organizational divisions.
Bunown, as with many rural parishes in Westmeath, would have experienced the broader historical currents that shaped Ireland, including the impacts of land tenure systems, emigration, and agricultural change. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw significant demographic shifts across rural parishes as industrialization and economic migration drew people away from agricultural communities. Like its neighboring parishes, Bunown's story reflects the wider experience of rural Ireland during periods of social and economic transformation, including the effects of the Famine era and subsequent waves of emigration that reshaped Irish communities.
Today, Bunown remains part of the living community structure of County Westmeath, contributing to the local identity and pastoral organization of the broader region. Small rural parishes continue to hold cultural and social significance for their residents, serving as focal points for community gatherings and maintaining connections to local heritage and tradition. The parish system, though no longer the primary administrative structure it once was, continues to represent an important layer of local identity in rural Irish life.
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Barúntacht
Cill Chainnigh
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Ainm Gaeilge
Bun Abhann
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Bailte Fearainn
18 baile fearainn
- Logainm
Luacháil Griffith
Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann (timpeall 1830idí-1850idí)
Taifeadadh 11 sealbhóir i Luacháil Griffith ar fud 7 baile fearainn (1830idí-1850idí).
Príomhshloinnte
Foinse: Leabhair Oifig na Luachála, Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann. Taifid phoiblí.
Gníomhartha Tapa
Faigh an Aip iOS
Cuardaigh ar an mbóthar
Suíomh an Pharóiste
Sonraí
- Béarla
- Bunown
- Gaeilge
- Bun Abhann
- Barúntacht
- Cill Chainnigh
- Áit
- An Iarmhí