placenamesRathsaran
Ráth Sháráin
Lewis identified both the rector and a voluntary society as contributors to schooling in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Sháráin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Rathsaran · English · main form
Place & story
Two sources of support
Rathsaran’s parochial school taught about fifty children when Samuel Lewis described the parish in 1837. The rector contributed to its support, while the Society for Discountenancing Vice provided eight pounds a year. Lewis did not give the rector’s contribution or state the school’s total income. His account also distinguished two earlier building projects: the church, built in 1797 with a five-hundred-pound gift from the Board of First Fruits, and the glebe-house, assisted in 1820 by a two-hundred-and-fifty-pound gift and a five-hundred-and-fifty-pound loan. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Laois
- Barony
- Clandonagh
- Coordinates
- 52.85333, -7.64305
- Mapped area
- 9.23 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1453 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathsaran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathsaran, 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.