Ráth an Dúin

Rathdown has supported continuous human settlement from the Early Neolithic period onwards, with archaeological evidence of occupation from the fourth millennium BC. The name derives from the Gaelic settlement Rath Oinn, a stronghold of the Uí Dúnchada clan in the early medieval period. At the time of the Norman invasion around 1169-70, Rathdown was a key Gaelic Irish settlement led by Donal Ma...