placenamesRamoan
Ráth Muáin
Lewis recorded different traditions attached to Knocklayd’s cairn and a flat-topped earthwork near Ballycastle.
The name
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 Muáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ramoan · English · main form
Place & story
Names and stories on the landscape
On Knocklayd’s summit, Samuel Lewis recorded a cairn called Cairn-an-Truagh, traditionally said to contain the graves of three Danish princesses. His 1837 Ramoan account supplies no names or dating evidence for that story. Near Ballycastle he also described a flat-topped fort called Dun-a-Mallaght, translating its name as the cursed fort. These are recorded associations with particular landscape features, rather than proof of the burials or of a supernatural event. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ramoan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ramoan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.