placenamesCastlerahan
Caisleán Raithin
Ballyjamesduff’s church district was assembled from four older parishes.
The name
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An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Caisleán Raithin · Irish · main form
- Castlerahan · English · main form
Place & story
A parish formed in 1831
Samuel Lewis recorded Ballyjamesduff’s new district parish as formed in 1831 from nine townlands of Castlerahan, five of Denn, two of Lurgan and four of Kildrumferton. The four incumbent clergy shared responsibility for its curate’s stipend and presented candidates in rotation. A church followed in 1834, funded by a nine-hundred-pound grant and two hundred pounds in subscriptions. These arrangements concern a particular ecclesiastical district within the barony’s history, rather than a new barony boundary. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlerahan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyjamesduff: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-13. How this page was prepared.