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Townland

A townland (Irish: baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering 100–500 acres (40–202 ha). The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and most have Irish-derived names. However, some townland names and boundaries…

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Townland

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related to General and cited references · 47
Townland → Agricultural, April, Archived, Barry, Caoilfhionn, Cearnaigh, Celebrating Ulster's Townlands, Cois Life, Dublin, Dónall, Emigration Statistics Office, General, History, HMSO, Implementation, In Nic Pháidín, Ireland, Irish Language, ISBN, JSTOR
related to External links · 38
Townland → Agriculture, Arranged, Baronies, Basemap Gallery, Census, CensusTownland, Civil Parishes, County, DED, Disadvantaged Areas Department, English, Food, GeoHive Mapviewer, Hiberniae Delineatio, Historical Map Viewer, HouseholdTownland, Inch, Index, IreAtlas, Ireland
related to Regional variation · 25
Townland → Ballyfoylan, Clogher, Counties Fermanagh, County Tyrone, Drumsinnot, Edenagrena, English, Fermanagh, Further, In, In County Cavan, In County Fermanagh, In County Tyrone, Inniskeen, Ireland, Irish, Killaconner, Louth, Modern, Monaghan
related to Further reading · 21
Townland → British Archaeological Reports British, Crawford, Foy, Fred, Hamond, In Reeves-Smyth, Ireland, ISBN, January, Landscape Archaeology, Local History Studies, McErlean, October, Series, Terence, The Irish, Tom, Townlands, Ulster, Ulster Historical Foundation
related to Size and value · 19
Townland → Carrickmore, Clonskeagh, County Galway, County Tyrone, Dublin, Finnaun, Fionnán, Gaelic, However, In, In Ireland, Killanin, Old Church Yard, Termonmagurk, The, This, Ulster, Uppercross, William Reeves's
related to Current use · 16
Townland → Before, Catholics, In, Ireland, It, Northern Ireland, Protestants, Republic, Royal Mail, Taking, The Royal Mail's, The Troubles, They, Those, Townlands, Townlands Campaign
related to Historical use · 8
Townland → Britain, English, Griffith's Valuation, It, The, This, Thus, Until
related to Irish Ordnance Survey and standardisation · 8
Townland → During, Ireland, Irish, Ordnance Survey, Slight, The, There, These
related to Etymology · 7
Townland → English, Gaelic, Ireland, Irish, Old English, The, Today

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irish townlands ireland names land acres county ulster used survey term barony ordnance english areas baile division also ballybetagh system

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Coogullainstance ofLess well-known land division terms may be found in other townland names0.80text
mountain or bog that had previously been outside the townland systeminstance ofand defining townland boundaries in areas0.80text
parishesinstance ofCurrent useTownlands form the building blocks for higher-level administrative units0.80text
district electoral divisionsinstance ofCurrent useTownlands form the building blocks for higher-level administrative units0.80text
Townlandrelated to Current useTownlands0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useRepublic0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useIreland0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useNorthern Ireland0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useBefore0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useRoyal Mail0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useThey0.60section
Townlandrelated to Current useIn0.60section

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