Ralaghan

Last updated May 04, 2019

Ralaghan is a townland located outside Shercock, County Cavan in Ireland.

A townland is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin, pre-dating the Norman invasion, and most have names of Irish Gaelic origin. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey. The total number of inhabited townlands was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands, mainly small islands.

Shercock is a small town situated in the east of County Cavan, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the population of the town was 588.

County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (Bréifne). Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county, which had a population of 76,176 at the 2016 census.

Ralaghan Man

In 1908 a rare, carved anthropomorphic figure, which has been named Ralaghan Man, was uncovered at the bog of Ralaghan.

Ralaghan Man is an anthropomorphic, carved wooden figure found in the bog of Ralaghan, County Cavan, Ireland, which dates back to the late bronze age. As of 2016, it was held in the collections of the National Museum of Ireland.

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