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- The church of Ratoath was built in 1817 and the Glebe House erected in 1813.
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In 1733 in the parish of Ratoath there was one priest and approximately 215 Catholic families and 35 families of the established church. The present Church of Ratoath replaced a Mass- house of the 1760’s, the site of which is still pointed out at a place called the ‘stepping stones’.
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The church of Ratoath was built in 1817 and the Glebe House erected in 1813. This was due to the influence of Bishop O’Beirne. There has been no resident vicar since in Ratoath since 1920.
The church, towards the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits granted a loan of £800, in 1817, is a neat edifice in good repair. In the R. C. divisions this parish is the head of a union, comprising also the parishes of Cookstown, Killeglan, and Rathbeggan; there are chapels at Ratoath and Killeglan.
Ráth is the Irish for a ringfort. There is evidence that it was already spelt Ratoath in 1392, when Walter Kerdiff of the town sued Sir Walter Cusack for debt. In a royal grant of the manor of Ratoath to Sir Robert Bold, later Baron Ratoath, in 1468, it was described as Rathonth.
This place, anciently called Rathtotoath, is supposed to have derived that name from a conspicuous mount near the church, on which Malachy, the first monarch of all Ireland, is said to have held a convention of the states.
Jun 25, 2002 · Detached square-profile three-stage castellated and pinnacled Church of Ireland church tower, built c.1817, with the ruins of the church walls to the east. Rubble stone walls with ashlar limestone pinnacles, cappings to castellations, string courses, and dressings to the pointed-arched openings.
This place, anciently called Rathtotoath, is supposed to have derived that name from a conspicuous mount near the church, on which Malachy, the first monarch of all Ireland, is said to have held a convention of the states.
