BROWSE

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

townland

subunits

townland
Dún na Rátha
genitive: Dhún na Rátha
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Doonarah
(English)

Glossary

dún, dúnaibh
English fort
ráth, ráith
English ring-fort

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9925, -7.86664latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

ˌdonəˈraː
Áit.
ˌduːnəˈrɑː
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman Dún-a’-rátha, nó dún (a) ráth = The dun which is called the rath (Joyce). The Down Survey writes the name Dunaragha. Compare Dunluce, Lisdoonvarna, Rathdown, etc…. It once had a very large number of houses."
Nóta
"Arch. Survey Enclosure. On a level landscape (144)."
Nóta
1655
Dunaragha
DS
c1660
Dunaragha
BSD Leathanach: 20
1667
Doonera alias Dunaragha
ASE Leathanach: 136
1685
Dunaraha
Hib. Del.
1834
Doonoraw
TAB Leathanach: 45, Nóta: (61:16/16)
1834
Dooneraw
TAB Nóta: (61:16/16) recap
1836
Doonara
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Doonara
BS:AL
1836
Doonara
CM:AL
1836
Duan-na-rath
Hyde, Rev. A.:AL
1836
Donara
S&V:AL
1836
Dunaraha
DS:AL
1836
Du//n a ra//th
pl:AL
1836
Dun a rátha,
dun of the rath'; "This is a redundant compound." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL
1836
Doonarah
OD:AL

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

Subunits