Rathdown (County Wicklow barony)

Rathdown Ráth an Dúin (Irish)
Barony
Baronies of County Wicklow. Rathdown is in the northeast.
Sovereign state	Republic of Ireland
County	Wicklow
Area
• Total	135.42 km² (52.28 sq mi)

Rathdown (Irish: Ráth an Dúin) is a barony in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.

Etymology

Rathdown barony derives its name from Rathdown Castle, located near Greystones (Irish: Ráth an Dúin, "rath of the dún").^[1]

Rathdown barony is located in northeastern County Wicklow, east of Kippure, north of the Glen of the Downs, south of the County Dublin border and opening onto the Irish Sea around Bray Head.

The Uí Briuin Cualann are noted very early here, with their territory extending into southern County Dublin.^[2]

Below is a list of settlements in Rathdown barony:

↑ "Ráth an Dúin/Rathdown". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
↑ "The Baronies of Ireland - Family History". Rootsweb.ancestry.com. 1998-09-06. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

Places in County Wicklow

County town: Wicklow

Towns	Arklow Blessington Bray Greystones Wicklow

Villages	Aghavannagh Annamoe Ashford Aughrim Avoca Ballinaclash Baltinglass Carnew Charlesland Coolafancy Coolboy Delgany Donard Dunlavin Enniskerry Glendalough Glenealy Grangecon Greenan Hollywood Kilcoole Killincarrig Kilmacanogue Kilpedder Kilquade Kiltegan Knockananna Lacken Laragh Newcastle Newtownmountkennedy Rathdangan Rathdrum Rathnew Redcross Roundwood Shillelagh Stratford-on-Slaney Tinahely Valleymount Woodenbridge

List of townlands in County Wicklow Category:Mountains and hills of County Wicklow Category:Rivers of County Wicklow Category:Geography of County Wicklow

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