placenamesRathclarin
Ráth Chláirín
Lewis recorded a coastal difficulty amid otherwise productive farmland.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Chláirín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathclarin · English · main form
Place & story
Sand covering the southern fields
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that drifting sand from a small inlet had covered several large fields in the southern part of Rathclarin parish. Hedges and fences had disappeared beneath the deposits, leaving those fields unavailable for cultivation. He described the sand as continuing to accumulate, contrasting this affected area with the parish’s otherwise productive wheat and potato land beside Courtmacsherry Bay. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (E.D.)
- Coordinates
- 51.66062, -8.71812
- Mapped area
- 25.1 km²
- Logainm ID
- 670 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathclarin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathclarin, 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.