BROWSE
townland
Gléib an Rátha Riabhaigh
genitive: Ghléib an Rátha Riabhaigh
(Irish)
Foxhall Glebe
(English)

Glossary

English glebe
ráth, ráith
English ring-fort
English streaked, grey

Centrepoint

53.6304, -7.61778latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

1476
...bhriseattar an ráith riabhach...
ARÉ Leathanach: iv, 1100
1604
the rectory of Rathreogh
nóta: “Late in the tenure of Pat. Fox, belonging to the late abbey of Clarie or Loughsewdy”
CPR Leathanach: 4, Nóta: (Erck)
1620
20a of the lands of Rathreagh and the Corfobulagh, adjoining the church of Rathreagh, as glebe land
CPR Leathanach: 467a
1634
...a tomb and a chapel in the towne of Rathreogh...
Irish Midland Studies Leathanach: 138
1634
rectoria de Rareagh
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 13 Car.1
1654-56
between Ardanragh in the barony of Shrowle and Rathreagh
CS X Leathanach: 47
1655
[Gan ainm ach foirgneamh eaglasta léirithe anseo]
DS
c.1660
Church of Rathreagh in Rathreagh
BSD Leathanach: 148
1835
Glebe of Fox Hall
BS:AL
1835
Glebe of Fox Hall
West:AL
1969
Ráth Riabhach
Cártaí Móra
1980
“In the demesne of Fox Hall...a few hundred yards north-north-west of the ruined house of the Fox family, is the church or chapel of Rath Reagh...Sir Patrick Fox of Moyvore...was the first of his family to hold Rath Reagh, originally O Caharny territory,
Irish Midland Studies Leathanach: 136-8
2001
An Ráth Riabhach
Moladh
2008
ˈfɑxhɑːl ˈgliːb, -ˈkresent
Áit.

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm