placenamesRathcore
Ráth Cuair
Saint Ultan’s church combines an early nineteenth-century building with a recent community-led conservation project.
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
- Ráth Cuair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathcore · English · main form
Place & story
The church building
Saint Ultan’s is dated 1806. Its nave ends in a curved eastern apse, while porches added around 1865 use dressed limestone, cast-iron windows and timber doors. A limestone bellcote rises above the slate roof, and traceried timber windows give the otherwise modest church much of its character. [2]
Community ownership
Worship ended with the service on 31 December 2023, and the church was deconsecrated in 2025. Friends of Rathcore Church announced in February 2026 that it had purchased the building, avenue and car park for approximately €77,000. The group proposed a heritage, cultural, community and environmental education space, supported initially by loans from its three directors. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Civil parish
- Rathcore
- Coordinates
- 53.45858, -6.85570 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414677 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathcore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Ultan’s Church, Rathcore: 14404803 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- A New Era for Rathcore Church: press release, 24 February 2026 · Friends of Rathcore Church CLG
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.