placenamesRatoath
Ráth Tó
A building account in Lewis’s directory separates the Board of First Fruits’ gift and loan from the incumbent’s contribution.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Tó · Irish · main form
- Ratoath · English · main form
Place & story
The house beside the church
Ratoath’s glebe house was built beside the church in 1813 at a cost of £2,200, according to Samuel Lewis. The Board of First Fruits provided a £100 gift and a £900 loan; the incumbent met the remaining expense. The house belonged to a glebe of six and a half acres. Lewis also recorded annual support of £10 from the incumbent for the parochial school, a separate continuing contribution to education. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ratoath. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ratoath: 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.