placenamesRattoo
Ráth Tuaidh
Lewis described drainage and coastal transport supporting cultivation in the parish’s low ground.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Tuaidh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Rattoo · English · main form
Place & story
Working land exposed to winter floods
Rattoo’s lower grounds were regularly flooded in winter when Samuel Lewis described the parish in 1837. Extensive drainage nevertheless made land available for crops and grazing. He credited T. A. Stoughton with embanking about one hundred acres, which were then well cultivated. Seaweed was commonly used as manure, and boats and lighters carried sea manure as well as serving the fishery. The account links changes in wet farmland with the movement of fertiliser by water. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Coordinates
- 52.44641, -9.65944
- Mapped area
- 33.96 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1123 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rattoo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rattoo: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.