placenamesBlackrath
An Ráth Dhubh
Lewis’s 1837 description places industrial activity within the historic parish near Kilkenny.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Ráth Dhubh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Blackrath · English · main form
Place & story
Work along the Nore
Blackrath contained two substantial flour mills on the banks of the Nore when Samuel Lewis described the parish in 1837. He also placed Kilkenny’s marble works within its limits, connecting the parish with both grain processing and stone working. His account separately recorded a private pay school teaching about fifty boys and thirty girls. It did not give the mills’ names, owners or output figures in the Blackrath entry. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Blackrath. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Blackrath in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.