Raharney
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Raharney
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Westmeath |
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Raharney (Template:Langx, meaning 'Fearna's ringfort')[2] is a village in east County Westmeath, Ireland. It had a population of 221 according to the 2016 census.[1]
Raharney is on the R156 road about 18 km (11 mi) from Mullingar and about 67 km from Dublin. It is in the parish of Killucan; the village of Killucan is a further 3 km (1.9 mi) west.
Geography
The village of Raharney has a bridge over the River Deel and is the last settlement of the county on the edge of bogland that separates Westmeath from County Meath. The bridge links the roads that run north–south alongside the River Deel on one side and alongside the bog on the other (road from Delvin and on through Riverdale). The River Deel is a tributary of the Boyne. The roads into the village all slope down towards the river, suggesting that before the bridge was built there was a ford at this point. Looking westward to Mullingar the town is located in the gap between three large lakes. Raharney, therefore, lies on the route of a path of what probably was, in the past, difficult terrain through the midlands. The three east–west roads were the Athboy-Delvin-Mullingar road, the Clonard-Kinnegad-Athlone/Mullingar road and Trim-Raharney/Killucan-Mullingar road.
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort and bullaun sites in the townlands of Raharney, Raharney Little, Cloghanstown and Joristown Upper.[3] Raharney Ringfort, protected under the National Monuments Act, is National Monument number 572.[4]
There is an old, unused graveyard, located on top of a small hill on the bend of the river as it leaves the village. This ecclesiastical enclosure, in Grange Beg townland, is known locally as Kilcolumb church and graveyard.[5]
Within the village is a Catholic church dedicated to St. Brigid. This church, built c. 1834,[6] is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath.[7]
Public transport
Bus Éireann route 115A provides a commuter link to Dublin via Ballivor, Summerhill and Maynooth with one journey in the morning and an evening journey back Mondays to Fridays inclusive.[8] Until August 2013, Bus Éireann route 118 provided a daily commuter service to Dublin and Mullingar.[citation needed]
Sport
Raharney Hurling Club is the local parish Gaelic Athletic Association club,[9] and has won the Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship on fifteen occasions.[10] The club's camogie team has won the Westmeath camogie final several times.[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Raharney". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office Ireland. 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ráth Fhearna/Raharney". Logainm.ie.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Recorded Monuments" (PDF). archaeology.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027 - Chapter 14 - Cultural Heritage" (PDF). Westmeath County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Westmeath Graveyard Report - Audit & Gap Survey of Headstone Recording" (PDF). westmeathculture.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, Raharney, Raharney, Westmeath". buildingsofireland.ie.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St. Brigid's Church, Raharney". raharneychurch.ie. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Timetables - Regional Services by County". Bus Éireann.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Club Secretaries". westmeathgaa.ie. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doyle's late goal seals 15th Westmeath SHC crown for Raharney". hoganstand.com. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
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