placenames1901 census
7People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Ward 3
- Boyham 1
- Brabazon 1
- Fitzgerald 1
- Hanagan 1
Rathcastle
Rathcastle is a townland in Westmeath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationRathcastle53.54614° N · 7.57573° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Rathcastle · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Rathconrath
- Civil parish
- Rathconrath
- Coordinates
- 53.54614, -7.57573
- Mapped area
- 0.6 km²
- Logainm ID
- 52036 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
4People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Rourke 4
1926 census
6People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Casey 4
- Devenish-Meares 2
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathcastle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.