placenamesRaphoe South
Ráth Bhoth Theas
Markets and bleach-greens formed part of the Finn Valley’s textile economy.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Bhoth Theas · Irish · main form · validated name
- Raphoe South · English · main form
Place & story
A Saturday linen market
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Stranorlar records a Saturday market selling brown linen and two substantial bleach-greens nearby. One belonged to J. Johnston; the other, beside Summer Hill, to J. and C. Johnston. Linen manufacture was only partly established locally, rather than dominating all employment. Market activity shared the town with its court-house: manor courts met on the first Saturday of each month, while petty sessions took place on alternate Wednesdays. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Raphoe South. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Stranorlar: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- River Finn between Ballybofey and Stranorlar illustration: based on a The River Finn by Kay Atherton. 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 2026-05-14. How this page was prepared.