placenamesRetreat
An Díthreabh
A late nineteenth-century house gives Retreat Road a distinctive roofline.
Recorded locationRetreat53.42502° N · 7.92266° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Díthreabh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Retreat · English · main form
Place & story
A house with corner gables
The architectural inventory dates Jalma to about 1890. Its Dutch-style gables rise at the south-western corner, finished with limestone coping and pointed finials. A projecting porch faces west, while a canted bay window extends from the southern wall. The porch entrance has an ogee-shaped head above the glazed doors. Rendered bands and cornices continue the decorative treatment across the porch and bay. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Brawny
- Civil parish
- Saint Mary's
- Coordinates
- 53.42502, -7.92266
- Mapped area
- 0.36 km²
- Logainm ID
- 50758 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Retreat. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Jalma, Retreat Road, registration15010146, Westmeath survey2004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-10-29. How this page was prepared.