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Rathangan

Ráth Iomgháin

A late eighteenth-century house preserves a carefully worked entrance and early sash windows.

Recorded locationRathangan53.22549° N · 7.00417° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

ráthring-fort

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

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

  • Ráth Iomgháin · Irish · main form
  • Rathangan · English · main form

Place & story

Stonework around the entrance

The architectural inventory dates this three-storey Rathangan house to about 1770. Steps lead to a round-headed entrance set towards one end of its front. A cut-stone surround, central fanlight and flanking sidelights form a Venetian arrangement. Multi-pane sash windows retain exposed sash boxes, while iron railings protect the basement area. The house presents four storeys at the rear because of the basement. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Civil parish
Rathangan
Coordinates
53.22549, -7.00417
Mapped area
4.08 km²
Logainm ID
1411905 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Rathangan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Rathangan house, registration11810007, Kildare survey2002 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-08-27. How this page was prepared.