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A townland (Irish: baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann [1]) is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering 100–500 acres (40–202 ha). [2]
"Historic 6-inch map". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. 1833–1846. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012 (Zoom in to scale of 10,000:1 or less, to show 6-inch maps from 1833–46 with parish boundaries in blue.) "Memorial Atlas of Ireland (L.J. Richards & Company, Philadelphia)". NUI Galway. 2014 [1901].
Historic Maps Collection. 18th and 19th-century historic maps of Ireland. A UCD Digital Library Collection. Maps of Dublin accompanying Thom's Official Directory, printed by the Ordnance Survey for the Dublin publisher Alexander Thom from the six-inch map sheets 18 and 22, and dating from the late 19th century.
The townlands of Belfast are the oldest surviving land divisions in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The city is split between two traditional Counties by the River Lagan , with those townlands north of the river generally in County Antrim , while those on the southern bank are generally part of County Down .
Political boundaries in Ireland in 1450, before the plantations. The first Plantations of Ireland occurred during the Tudor conquest.The Dublin Castle administration intended to pacify and anglicise Irish territories controlled by the Crown and incorporate the Gaelic Irish aristocracy into the English-controlled Kingdom of Ireland by using a policy of surrender and regrant.
The townland comprises 893 acres (3.61 km 2), with most fertile part in the valley between Upper and Lower Aughanduff mountains and Slievenacappel. The townland is described as "poor, gravelly and rocky" in a map of 1827 and the area is mostly gravel and rock, with heather and bog but also significant tracts of pasture and some arable ground.
Moybeg Kirley (locally [ˌmɔibeɡˈkʲïli], from Irish Maigh Bheag 'little plain' and Corrbahile meaning "prominent townland" [2]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is in the north-west of the parish, with the Moyola River forming its northern boundary.
Abbotstown (Irish: Baile an Aba) [1] is a townland in the civil parish of Castleknock in Fingal, Ireland. [2] It is also the name of an historical demesne and country estate [3] that is close to Blanchardstown. Historically the estate belonged to a number of aristocratic families. [4]