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Rathdrum

Ráth Droma

A nineteenth-century hotel acquired an Edwardian frontage facing the market place.

Watercolour and fine ink of the cream-painted Cartoon Inn frontage at Rathdrum, with a broad arched passage and green pubfront.
The Cartoon Inn at Rathdrum, as photographed in August 2013.
Recorded locationRathdrum52.93688° N · 6.23239° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

droimridgeráthring-fort

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 Droma · Irish · main form
  • Rathdrum · English · main form

Place & story

Two stages in one frontage

The architectural inventory dates this former hotel building to about 1840, with its frontage remodelled around 1910. Its ground floor has rusticated render beneath a pebbledashed upper storey. A decorative cast-iron porch with a glazed roof shelters the pubfront facing the market place. Panelled pilasters and mouldings give that frontage a different character from the simpler timber shopfront alongside it. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Wicklow
Civil parish
Rathdrum
Coordinates
52.93688, -6.23239
Mapped area
1.19 km²
Logainm ID
55703 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

131People recorded
12Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Comerford 6
  • Ellis 6
  • Byrne 5
  • Plunkett 5
  • Dunphy 4
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1911 census

145People recorded
14Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Byrne 12
  • Darcy 8
  • Free 8
  • Stedman 7
  • Guinness 6
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Rathdrum. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Rathdrum hotel building, registration16318001, Wicklow survey2003 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Cartoon Inn, Rathdrum, County Wicklow illustration: based on a Cartoon Inn, Rathdrum by Eirian Evans. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-05-08. How this page was prepared.