BROWSE
townland
Ráth Gaodháin
genitive: Ráth Gaodháin
(Irish)
Rathgeean
(English)

Glossary

ráth, ráith
English ring-fort

Centrepoint

54.1952, -8.34963latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
1620
Ragyan
CPR Leathanach: 469a
1633–6
Raghian
Wood-Martin Leathanach: ii 184
1660c
Rathgyan
BSD Leathanach: 114
1727
Rathgeon
CGn. Leathanach: 59.165.39910
1835
Rathgean
TAB
1836
Rageean
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
Rathgehan
Larkin Map:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
Rathgeean
Cess Bk:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
Rath Ga[.]dheain
pl:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
Rath Gaoidheain, 'Guion's fort'
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
Rathgeean
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
[Rathgeean]
"there are three forts in this townland, 2 in the south, & one in the centre called Rageean Fort, on which stands a trigonometrical station" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl027,17
1836
Rathgehan
Larkin (Sl):AL
2006
[ra ˌgiːˈːaːn]
Áit.

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