placenamesCashelgarran
Caiseal an Ghearráin
Near Cashelgarran, the Rahelly estate brings a decorative gate lodge together with the history of a restored country house.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Caiseal an Ghearráin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cashelgarran · English · main form
- Castlegarren · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The lodge beside the estate entrance
Rahelly’s gate lodge is a small building with unusually conspicuous details: triangular openings, patterned timber bargeboards and an entrance porch projecting from its front. The architectural inventory dates it to about 1890. A taller rear return adds space behind the single-storey front and attic. Sligo County Council identifies the lodge with Cashelgarran, linking this roadside building to the neighbouring Rahelly estate and the larger house beyond. [2] [4]
A house leased from the Gore Booth estate
University of Galway’s Landed Estates research records Francis Barber leasing a house at Rahelly from the Gore Booth estate at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. The property was then valued at £25. The later house fell into ruin, but the university’s record also documents its restoration. That sequence is important when reading older descriptions: the National Inventory’s 2004 account describes a roofless structure, while later records show a house brought back into use. [3] [5]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cashelgarran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rahelly House gate lodge, register32400503 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Rahelly, property1515 · Landed Estates, University of Galway
- Record of Protected Structures2017–2023, entry126, Rahelly House Gate Lodge · Sligo County Council
- Rahelly House, register32400822, survey1September2004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.