placenamesRathmichael
Ráth Michíl
Lewis recorded a marble column at Shanganagh commemorating parliamentary reform.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Ráth Michíl · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathmichael · English · main form
Place & story
A political monument in the grounds
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Rathmichael records a marble column in front of General Sir George Cockburn’s Shanganagh residence. It carried an antique Corinthian capital and had been erected by Cockburn to commemorate the passing of the Reform Bill. Lewis also described statuary in the grounds and objects Cockburn had collected in Italy, including marbles, casts and bronzes. The column’s commemorative purpose is explicit in the account; Lewis did not give its erection date or explain whether the shaft and capital had originally belonged together. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathmichael. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathmichael, 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.