placenamesRathconrath
Ráth Conarta
Lewis recorded a family monument displaying three royal profiles and the D’Alton arms.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Conarta · Irish · main form
- Rathconrath · English · main form
Place & story
Three rulers on a four-sided monument
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described a pyramidal monument behind Mount D’Alton House in Rathconrath parish. Count Richard D’Alton and his brother General J. D’Alton had erected it in honour of Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Joseph II and King George III. Three sides carried their profiles in white marble; the fourth displayed the family’s arms and an inscription. Lewis put its height at thirty feet. His description records the monument’s commemorative design, without establishing its present condition. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Rathconrath
- Coordinates
- 53.54692, -7.55403
- Mapped area
- 35.26 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2495 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathconrath. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathconrath: 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.