placenamesRathfarnham
Ráth Fearnáin
Lewis recorded woollen, paper and corn production beside the village in 1837.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Fearnáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathfarnham · English · main form
Place & story
Industry near the bridge
Samuel Lewis recorded a woollen factory employing about a hundred people near Rathfarnham’s bridge in 1837. Paper and corn mills also stood nearby, powered by the Dodder and the Cruagh river, which he described as meeting there. He separately placed calico printing at Rathgar within his wider account. The entry shows several kinds of manufacturing in the parish landscape, alongside the country houses for which Rathfarnham was also known. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Uppercross
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Coordinates
- 53.29701, -6.28957
- Mapped area
- 11.73 km²
- Logainm ID
- 876 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathfarnham. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathfarnham, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.