THE BARONY OF RATHDOWN

Three Trouts Bridge, Kilcoole Road - southernmost point of Barony of Rathdown

Image by J. Harrington

The half-barony of Rathdown (Wicklow portion) -from the Down Survey 1657. Details sparse, but Fassaroe, Oldcourt, Rathdown and Templecarrig clearly shown.

Courtesy of Friends of Historic Rathdown.

County Wicklow, 1700.

From Geographical description of Ireland.

The importance of Rathdown Castle and village is mirrored in the extensive Barony of Rathdown, which stretched from the Three Trouts river to Merrion Gates in Dublin.

As counties were being established in the early 17^th century,  the Barony  of Rathdown had to be split in two, one Half-Barony in County Wicklow, the other Half-Barony in County Dublin.

The importance of the name Rathdown is emphasised by its use today in organisations such as Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown council.

Smal, Chris (1993) Ancient Rathdown and St. Crispin’s Cell, A uniquely historic landscape, Friends of Historic Rathdown, Greystones.