BROWSE
townland
Ráth Durlais
genitive: Ráth Durlais
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Rathurles
(English)

Glossary

ráth, ráith
English ring-fort

Explanatory note

  • English

    ring-fort of (the) oaken-enclosure

Centrepoint

52.8734, -8.13979latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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1580
Rath Thurles
Last Lords Leathanach: 233
1592
Rathurles
COD Leathanach: VI. 50
1654
Rath Thurles
CS II Leathanach: 219
1654
Rathurles
CS II Leathanach: 219, 252- 256 &rl.
1654
Rathurlish
CS II Leathanach: 252, 256, 258
1657
Rathurles
DS
1659
Raththurles
Cen. Leathanach: 320
c.1660
Rathurles
BSD (TÁ) Leathanach: 223, 224
1666
Rathurly
ASE Leathanach: 49:4
1666-1667
Rathurles
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 178
1685
Rathurles
Hib. Del.
1840
Rathurles
AL
1840
rath thúrl(a)is
Glanta:AL
1840
The Rath... was originally a very remarkable one... It is called in Irish Ráth Dúlrais, or the Strong Fort.
OD
LSO (TÁ) Leathanach: II 2/3
1840
Rath Thúrlais, `the strong rath'
OD:AL
1840
The Rath... was originally a very remarkable one... It is called in Irish Ráth Dúlrais, or the Strong Fort.
OD:AL
1989
ˌraˈturləs
Áit.

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