placenamesArdrahan
Ard Raithin
Lewis linked rural textile work in the parish with buyers at Oranmore.
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
- Ard Raithin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Ardrahan · English · main form
Place & story
Mountain pasture and cloth
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Ardrahan records flannel production involving hand-spinning, with a ready market at Oranmore. He also described the peat mountains at the parish’s eastern end as pasture for numerous cattle. The account places textile work alongside grazing in a wider parish extending across parts of Kiltartan, Loughrea and Dunkellin, rather than confining these activities to Ardrahan village. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ardrahan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ardrahan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), transcription hosted by Galway County Heritage Office · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.