placenamesRahara
Ráth Ara
The Landed Estates Database connects the loss of a thatched roof in 1839 with rebuilding in slate.
The name
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 Ara · Irish · main form
- Rahara · English · main form
Place & story
From one storey to two
Rahara House was originally a single-storey thatched building. The University of Galway’s Landed Estates Database records that its thatch blew away during the Big Wind of 1839, after which the house was rebuilt with an extra storey and a slate roof. Alexander Sproule lived there in the 1830s and at Griffith’s Valuation, holding the property from the Blake Knox family. The house stands in Rahara townland within the parish of the same name. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Coordinates
- 53.53266, -8.13324
- Mapped area
- 22.08 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2094 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rahara. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rahara House, property 1163 · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.