placenamesRathgarve
Ráth Garbh
Lewis’s account distinguishes the total building loan from the obligations placed on local patrons and the united parishes.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Garbh · Irish · main form
- Rathgarve · English · main form
Place & story
Repaying the Board of First Fruits
Samuel Lewis described Rathgarve under the name Rathgraff or Castle-Pollard in 1837. His account records a £2,769 Board of First Fruits loan for rebuilding the church. One third was repayable in annual instalments by the Earl of Longford and W. D. Pollard; the remaining share fell to the united parishes. This was a repayment arrangement, rather than a gift of the whole cost. The same patrons and the vicar also made annual subscriptions towards the Castlepollard parochial school. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathgarve. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathgraff or Castle-Pollard: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-02-05. How this page was prepared.