placenamesRathgoggan
Ráth an Ghogánaigh
The architectural inventory records an 1866 school enlarged in 1921 in Rathgoggan Middle.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth an Ghogánaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathgoggan · English · main form
Place & story
A school on a sloping site
The former Christian Brothers school on Main Street, Charleville, stands in Rathgoggan Middle. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates its construction to 1866 and its enlargement to 1921. A basement beneath the north-eastern part accommodates the sloping site, while the gable faces the street. The inventory’s 2006 survey also recorded a first-floor entrance porch carried on cast-iron columns and reached by a metal staircase. A plaque noted Éamon de Valera’s attendance between 1896 and 1898. These details distinguish the historic school building from later school premises. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Coordinates
- 52.34964, -8.68912
- Mapped area
- 13.42 km²
- Logainm ID
- 673 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathgoggan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Charleville Christian Brothers’ National Schools, NIAH 20806035 (survey recorded 21 August 2006) · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.