Téigh chuig an bpríomh-ábhar

Cill Chainnigh

Paróiste

An Teampall Geal

Whitechurch

6

Bailte Fearainn

731

Taifid Daonáirimh

147

Teaghlaigh

2

Bliana Daonáirimh

1901 Daonáireamh
Daoine
372
Teaghlaigh
72
1911 Daonáireamh
Daoine
359 -3.5%
Teaghlaigh
75 +4.2%

Maidir Liom

Whitechurch is a small parish located in County Kilkenny in the southeastern region of Ireland, situated within the Barony of Fassadinin. The parish occupies a rural area characterized by the rolling farmland typical of the Kilkenny landscape, with pastoral fields, hedgerows, and scattered settlements forming the dominant features. Like much of County Kilkenny, the terrain reflects the county's agricultural heritage, with townlands dispersed throughout the parish serving as the basic units of local settlement and land division. The landscape remains predominantly rural and agricultural in character, maintaining the traditional rural character that has defined the region for centuries.

The parish has its roots in medieval Ireland, when the ecclesiastical organization of the country was structured around such territorial units. Whitechurch, like many Irish parishes, was defined around a local church and served as an important organizational division for both religious and administrative purposes. The presence of a parish church would have been central to community life, though the specific historical details of the parish's founding and development are not extensively documented in readily available sources. The parish structure reflects the broader pattern of Christian settlement and parish organization that developed across Ireland during the medieval period.

As a rural parish community, Whitechurch represents the small-scale, localized society typical of many Irish agricultural regions. The parish would have functioned as a social and spiritual hub for the surrounding farming families and townlands, with the parish church serving as a focal point for religious observance and community gathering. Such parishes continue to maintain their significance in Irish rural life, providing a sense of local identity and community connection that extends back generations. The bonds formed through shared parish membership, religious practice, and agricultural work have historically given these communities their distinctive character and cohesion.

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Whitechurch

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Barúntacht

Uíbh Eirc

Ainm Gaeilge

An Teampall Geal

Bailte Fearainn

6 baile fearainn

Luacháil Griffith

Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann (timpeall 1830idí-1850idí)

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Taifeadadh 21 sealbhóir i Luacháil Griffith ar fud 4 baile fearainn (1830idí-1850idí).

Príomhshloinnte

Hetherington 2 Norris 2 McGrath 1 Woods 1 Whelan 1 Walsh 1 Thompson 1 Taylor 1 Stewart 1 O'Neill 1

Foinse: Leabhair Oifig na Luachála, Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann. Taifid phoiblí.

Suíomh an Pharóiste

An Teampall Geal OpenStreetMap

Sonraí

Béarla
Whitechurch
Gaeilge
An Teampall Geal
Barúntacht
Uíbh Eirc

Taifid Daonáirimh

Bailte Fearainn 6