placenamesRathmore
An Ráth Mhór
Lewis’s 1837 account records a cultivated Kildare parish with schools supported through different forms of patronage.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Ráth Mhór · Irish · main form
- Rathmore · English · main form
Place & story
Arable and pasture
Lewis described Rathmore parish as entirely arable and pasture in 1837. Its position on the road from Dublin to Ballymore-Eustace placed this agricultural district east of Naas. His description concerns the wider parish, rather than the small settlement around the church and rath. [2]
Schools and a changed benefice
A school supported by Erasmus Smith’s trustees and another maintained by private subscriptions together taught about 100 children. A further private school taught approximately forty. Lewis also recorded the union of the Church of Ireland vicarages of Rathmore and Kilteel by an act of council in 1833, documenting a change in ecclesiastical administration alongside local education. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Naas North
- Coordinates
- 53.20118, -6.56884
- Mapped area
- 31.13 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1221 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathmore, Kildare — 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.