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Corcaigh

Baile fearainn

Dún gCoileáin

Castlecooke

107

Taifid Daonáirimh

18

Teaghlaigh

2

Bliana Daonáirimh

1901 Daonáireamh
Daoine
57
Teaghlaigh
8
1911 Daonáireamh
Daoine
50 -12.3%
Teaghlaigh
10 +25%

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Castlecooke is a small townland located in County Cork in the southern part of the Republic of Ireland. The townland sits within the broader landscape of Cork, an area known for its rolling hills, river valleys, and mixed agricultural land. The terrain around Castlecooke is typical of inland Cork, characterized by pastureland, hedgerows, and scattered farmsteads. The townland's name suggests a historical connection to a castle or fortified structure, though like many Irish townlands, it reflects layers of settlement and land use spanning centuries.

The history of Castlecooke, like that of many Cork townlands, is bound up with the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land ownership, and social change. The area would have been part of the extensive territorial holdings managed through various systems of land tenure over the medieval and early modern periods. As with much of Cork, the region experienced the impact of Anglo-Norman settlement, later English colonization, and the eventual transition to modern agricultural and rural life. Townlands like Castlecooke represent the fundamental unit of Irish rural geography, originally established for administrative and land management purposes.

Castlecooke remains a quiet rural townland today, representative of the dispersed settlement pattern typical of Cork's countryside. The community there would have been historically connected through local parish structures, markets, and kinship networks. Today, the townland is part of the broader Cork community, with residents engaged in agriculture, forestry, or commuting to larger settlements for employment. The preservation of the townland name itself represents a continuity of identity within the Irish landscape, connecting present inhabitants to the long history of habitation and land use in the region.

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