10
Bailte Fearainn
530
Taifid Daonáirimh
96
Teaghlaigh
2
Bliana Daonáirimh
- Daoine
- 247
- Teaghlaigh
- 45
- Daoine
- 283 +14.6%
- Teaghlaigh
- 51 +13.3%
Maidir Liom
Moorgagagh is a small parish located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of Connacht. The parish forms part of the rural hinterland characteristic of this region, encompassing townlands and scattered settlements across the Mayo countryside. Like much of western Ireland, the area is defined by rolling hills, pastoral farming land, and the distinctive topography typical of the Irish midlands and western seaboard. The landscape reflects centuries of agricultural use and settlement patterns that have shaped both the physical environment and the communities that inhabit it.
The parish has its roots in Ireland's long ecclesiastical history, with parish structures in Ireland traditionally developing from early Christian monastic settlements and later becoming formalized under the Catholic Church organization. Moorgagagh, like many rural Mayo parishes, reflects this heritage through its connections to local religious life and community identity. The parish would have been shaped by the various historical periods that affected County Mayo, including the Norman influence, the Tudor period, and particularly the dramatic transformations of the 17th and 18th centuries that reshaped Irish land ownership and settlement patterns.
As a rural parish in contemporary Mayo, Moorgagagh represents the ongoing importance of local community identity in Irish society, even as rural areas face challenges common to many peripheral regions. The parish remains a meaningful administrative and social unit, maintaining connections to local traditions, farming communities, and cultural practices. For residents and those with family connections to the area, the parish name carries significance as a marker of place and belonging within the broader context of Mayo's local geography and heritage.
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- Áit
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Barúntacht
Cill Mheáin
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Ainm Gaeilge
An Múr Gágach
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Bailte Fearainn
10 baile fearainn
- Logainm
Luacháil Griffith
Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann (timpeall 1830idí-1850idí)
Taifeadadh 1 sealbhóir i Luacháil Griffith ar fud 1 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
- Moorgagagh
- Gaeilge
- An Múr Gágach
- Barúntacht
- Cill Mheáin
- Áit
- Maigh Eo