placenamesRathcoole
Ráth Cúil
Calliaghstown and Rathcreedan preserve a history extending beyond Rathcoole village.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Cúil · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathcoole · English · main form
Place & story
Land once held by a convent
Calliaghstown, within Rathcoole civil parish, belonged to the Dublin convent of St Mary de Hogges. After the convent was dissolved, the Crown retained the land. Francis Elrington Ball records proceedings in 1552 against Reginald Talbot of Belgard and others for grazing cattle there. The lands were then also known as Nunscot. [2]
Rathcreedan and its mill
Rathcreedan was associated with the Scurlock family by about 1470. Its castle had been demolished by the Commonwealth period, but a mill and chapel remained. When Austin Cooper visited in 1780, he could still identify remains of the castle and mill. Ball also records his visit to the nearby place called the College, where traces of a large farm establishment survived. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathcoole. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A History of the County Dublin, volume 3, 1905: Parish of Rathcoole · Francis Elrington Ball
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.