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Westport Demesne

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Bliana Daonáirimh

1901 Daonáireamh
Daoine
107
Teaghlaigh
15
1911 Daonáireamh
Daoine
50 -53.3%
Teaghlaigh
10 -33.3%

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Westport Demesne is a townland located in County Mayo in the western province of Connacht, situated adjacent to the town of Westport itself. The townland lies in the shadow of Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, and benefits from proximity to Clew Bay, one of the west coast's most distinctive geographical features. The landscape is characterised by the typical terrain of County Mayo, with rolling hills, farmland, and moorland that reflect the region's Atlantic coastal setting. The townland's geography has historically made it an important area both for its strategic location and its access to natural resources.

The demesne element in the townland's name indicates its historical connection to estate lands, a common feature of Irish townland nomenclature from the period of Anglo-Norman settlement and subsequent English land tenure systems. Westport itself developed significantly in the eighteenth century as a planned estate town, and Westport Demesne would have formed part of these estate lands. The area reflects broader patterns of Irish rural development, where townlands served as administrative divisions and often retained associations with the great houses and estates that dominated much of the Irish countryside from medieval times onward.

Westport Demesne remains part of the rural hinterland of Westport town, contributing to the agricultural character of the surrounding region. The townland is representative of the many small administrative divisions that make up County Mayo's landscape, each with its own local history and community connections. While not widely known internationally, such townlands form the backbone of Irish local identity and heritage, serving as reference points for families, historical records, and geographical organisation that have persisted through centuries of Irish history.

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Tagann na taifid daonáirimh seo leis an ainm Westport Demesne ach níorbh fhéidir iad a nascadh leis an mbaile fearainn seo go huathoibríoch. Seans go dtagraíonn an t-ainm stairiúil do shráid, fhorbhairt, nó d'fhoireannach níos sine nach ann dó mar aonad ar leith a thuilleadh.

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