11
Taifid Daonáirimh
3
Teaghlaigh
2
Bliana Daonáirimh
- Daoine
- 7
- Teaghlaigh
- 2
- Daoine
- 4 -42.9%
- Teaghlaigh
- 1 -50%
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Urlish is a townland situated in County Monaghan in the northern midlands of Ireland. The townland falls within the administrative bounds of County Monaghan, an area characterized by rolling countryside, numerous small lakes known locally as drumlins, and mixed agricultural land. The landscape of this region reflects the glacial geology typical of the Irish midlands, with undulating terrain that has shaped settlement patterns and land use for centuries. Like many townlands in Monaghan, Urlish represents a small geographic division whose boundaries have remained relatively consistent since the standardization of the townland system during the nineteenth century.
The townland system itself, of which Urlish is a part, has deep historical roots in Irish land organization, with origins tracing back through centuries of Gaelic and Anglo-Norman settlement patterns. The formalization of townlands as official administrative units occurred during the nineteenth-century land surveys and the establishment of the Ordnance Survey. Monaghan as a county was shired during the plantation period, and its landscape reflects centuries of cultural and economic development. Urlish, like surrounding townlands, would have experienced the various phases of Irish history, from medieval settlement through the early modern period to contemporary times.
Urlish, as a rural townland, is primarily characterized by its agricultural character and its integration into the broader Monaghan community. The townland supports the traditional rural economy of the region, with farming activities forming the backbone of local land use and livelihood. Such townlands, while small in geographic scale, form the essential building blocks of rural Irish identity and community structure, and Urlish contributes to the distinctive character of County Monaghan's countryside and its cultural heritage.
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