Ceárach

Ceárach derives from the Irish 'Carrach', meaning 'rugged land', according to historical etymological notes from the Placenames Database of Ireland and O'Donovan's nineteenth-century documentation. The name reflects the landscape character of the townland in County Kildare's fertile Liffey valley region. Caragh parish, situated in the barony of Clane about three miles northwest of Naas, was a w...