placenamesRathcormack
Ráth Chormaic
The Sligo village’s school history and a council debate show how local identity is recorded and expressed.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Ráth Chormaic · Irish · main form
- Rathcormack · English · main form
Place & story
Three schools brought together
The present Colmcille Naofa school opened in Rathcormac in 1975. It brought together the original village school, Lugnagall National School in Glencar and St Finian’s National School in Carney, all within Drumcliffe parish. The school’s own account locates it on the Bundoran road, north of Sligo, beside the village’s small public space. [2]
The name on road signs
In 2020 Sligo County Council debated the spelling used on road signs. Councillor Gilroy sought continued use of Rathcormac, pointing to local institutions’ usage. The council’s response noted that Ordnance Survey maps and the Placenames Commission used Rathcormack. The recorded discussion captures a difference between established community usage and the official form. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Sligo
- Barony
- Carbury
- Civil parish
- Drumcliff
- Within
- Drumcliff South
- Coordinates
- 54.31858, -8.48172
- Logainm ID
- 112085 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathcormack. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Welcome: Rathcormac National School · Rathcormac National School
- County Council minutes 2020, item 41: Spelling of village names on TII signage · Sligo County Council
- Rathcormack Church, County Sligo, as photographed in August 2006 illustration: based on a Rathcormack Church by Bob Embleton. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-06-08. How this page was prepared.