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Beagh

Beagh

124

Taifid Daonáirimh

25

Teaghlaigh

2

Bliana Daonáirimh

1901 Daonáireamh
Daoine
61
Teaghlaigh
12
1911 Daonáireamh
Daoine
63 +3.3%
Teaghlaigh
13 +8.3%

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Beagh is a small townland located in County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, situated within the broader landscape of the county's distinctive terrain. The area is characterized by the rolling hills and moorland typical of inland Donegal, with the landscape shaped by glacial activity and featuring rocky outcrops and patches of bogland. The townland's setting reflects the wider geography of the region, where elevation changes gradually and water sources including streams and small watercourses are common features. Like many Donegal townlands, Beagh represents a division of land that reflects historical patterns of settlement and land management in rural Ireland.

The history of Beagh, as with many Irish townlands, is intertwined with the broader patterns of settlement, land tenure, and social change that characterized County Donegal over centuries. The townland system itself dates back to medieval times and was formalized during various land surveys, including the Down Survey of the 1650s. Beagh would have been subject to the various changes in land ownership, religious affiliation, and administrative organization that affected Donegal throughout the early modern and modern periods, including the impact of plantations, the Famine era, and subsequent emigration.

Today, Beagh remains a rural townland typical of much of inland Donegal, with a dispersed population and landscape dominated by agriculture, moorland, and natural vegetation. The townland holds significance primarily within local and community contexts, serving as a geographic and administrative reference point for residents and as part of the broader cultural and historical identity of the Donegal region. Like many rural Irish townlands, Beagh represents the persistent organizational structure through which rural Ireland has been understood and inhabited for centuries, even as population patterns and land use have shifted considerably from earlier periods.

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