placenamesRathlynin
Ráth Laighnín
A dated schoolhouse retains evidence of separate entrances and a later porch.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Laighnín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathlynin · English · main form
Place & story
The 1891 schoolhouse
Curraghpoor School at Gorteen in Rathlynin parish bears the date 1891. The architectural inventory records its long, single-storey building with timber casement windows, battened doors and limestone date plaques. It suggests that separate entrances served a master’s house and the girls’ and boys’ classrooms. A central porch was added about 1930. Recorded as disused in 2005, the school retains evidence of both its earlier arrangement and a later alteration. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Coordinates
- 52.52137, -8.06760
- Mapped area
- 11.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2324 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathlynin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Curraghpoor School, Gorteen (Rathlynin parish), NIAH 22205905, recorded 6 July 2005 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.