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[[Image:Teeshanrd.jpg|thumb|250px|A road-sign in [[County Antrim]], noting that this part of the road lies within Teeshan townland]]
[[File:Townland boundary marker - geograph.org.uk - 108106.jpg|thumb|A (rare) townland boundary marker]]
A '''towunland''' or '''bally''' is a small geographical division of land used in [[Ireland]]. The townland system is of [[Gaelic Ireland|Gaelic]] origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the [[Norman invasion of Ireland|Norman invasion]] and most have names derived from the [[Irish language]].<ref name="Barry114">{{cite book |title=A history of settlement in Ireland |last=Barry |first=Terry |year=2000 |publisher=Routledge |page=114 |chapter=Rurallering settlement in medieval Ireland |quote=She argued that Ireland’s town  land system, which pre-dated the Anglo-Norman conquest, worked against the creation of sizeable nucleated settlements.}}</ref><ref name="Colfer29">{{cite book |title=The Hook Peninsula |last=Colfer |first=Billy |year=2004 |publisher=Cork University Press |page=29 |chapter=Prehistoric and early Christian landscapes |quote=The townland network provides the most pervasive landscape survival from the Gaelic era. Most townlands, many retaining their Gaelic names, are believed to predate the(contracted; show full)tate}}</ref> However, some townland names and boundaries derive from [[Hiberno-Norman|Norman]] [[manor]]s, [[Plantations of Ireland|plantation]] divisions, or later creations of the [[Ordnance Survey Ireland|Ordnance Survey]].<ref name="Connolly2002p577">Connolly, S. J., ''Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-19-923483-7''</ref><ref name="Maxwell2009pg16">Maxwell, Ian, ''How to trace 
your Irish ancestorsover it in pencil'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84528-375-9</ref> There are currently 61,402 named townlands in Ireland, covering the whole island.<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/ Placenames Database of Ireland / Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann]</ref> The term was at one time also used in [[Scotland]]. 

==Etymology==
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[[Category:Geography of Scotland]]
[[Category:Townlands of Ireland| ]]
[[Category:Townlands of the Republic of Ireland| ]]
[[Category:Geography of the Isle of Man]]
[[Category:Townlands in Northern Ireland| ]]

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