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Rathbeagh
52.7525° N, -7.3446° E
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Rathbeagh (Irish: Ráth Bheathach, meaning 'rath of birches') is a townland and hill on the River Nore in the parish of Lisdowney near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Irish language name is Rath Beithigh, meaning "rath (ringfort) of the birch trees". It is located in an ancient valley once called Mágh Airgid Rois ("plain of the silver wood"). The townland of Rathbeagh, which is 2.5 square kilometres (0.97 sq mi) in area, had a population of 52 as of the 2011 census.
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Bell discovery
mid-19th century
Earliest legible gravestone
1715
Population record
2011
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