placenamesRahan
Raithean
George Brereton’s will supported parish relief, a church bell and completion of a schoolhouse.
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
- Raithean · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rahan · English · main form
Place & story
Interest distributed at Christmas
Samuel Lewis recorded a bequest by the Rev. George Brereton, a former vicar of Rahan in County Cork. Its £200 capital, stated in the older currency, generated interest distributed each Christmas to six poor people on the church list. Lewis’s 1837 account does not give the interest rate or the amount each person received. [2]
A bell and a schoolhouse
Brereton separately left £30 to purchase a church bell and another £30 to complete the parochial schoolhouse. Lewis described that school at Cotterborough, near Ballymagooly, as an 1823 building with two large teaching rooms and accommodation for a master and mistress. Its approximate £250 construction cost included a £100 grant from the Lord Lieutenant’s fund; subscriptions provided its principal continuing support. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rahan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rahan, Fermoy — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.