Rahoneen

Ruined tower house and farm buildings at Rahoneen

Rahoneen (Irish: Ráth Eoghainín) is a small townland in the civil parish of Ardfert in County Kerry, Ireland.[1][2] It is approximately 1.17 square kilometres (0.45 sq mi) in area and,[2] as of the 2011 census, had a population of 29 people.[3]

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a ringfort at Rathcrihane (Ráth Creacháin; 'ringfort of Creachán').[4] This ringfort, also known as McKenna's Fort, became known as Casement's Fort after Roger Casement was captured in the area in 1916.[5] Casement was discovered at McKenna's Fort on 21 April 1916. He had been put ashore from U19 at nearby Banna Strand as part of a plan to transport a consignment of German weapons ahead of the 1916 Easter Rising.

A ruined tower house, in Rahoneen townland, overlooks Carrahane Bay.[6] The tower house, known as Rahoneen Castle, was historically associated with the Bishop of Ardfert.[6][7] Writing in 1841, the topographer John O'Donovan (1806–1861) suggested that the castle was destroyed during the 17th-century Cromwellian invasion of Ireland.[6]

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  1. ^ "Ráth Eoghainín/Rahoneen". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. ^ a b "Rahoneen Townland, Co. Kerry". townlands.ie. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  3. ^ "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 6 February 2026. Population [..] Townlands [..] 2011 [..] Rahoneen, Banna, Co. Kerry: 29
  4. ^ "NMS mapping data - KE020-054----" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. KE020-054---- : Ringfort - rath : Rathcrihane [..] Rathcrihane/Ráth Creacháin, ringfort of Creachán (personal name) [..] in the SW sector are souterrain remains which were discovered in 1938 when the landowner (Mr McKenna) was digging a grave for a dead horse and came across a small drystone shaft [..] This fort is also connected to Sir Roger Casement, who was captured here in April 1916
  5. ^ "Century Ireland - Kerry marks first anniversary of Casement execution". rte.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b c "NMS mapping data - KE020-058001-" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. KE020-058001- : Castle - tower house : Rahoneen [..] Rahoneen Castle is situated on a rise at the edge of Carrahane Bay [..] This tower house is in a ruinous state [..] Smith (1756) states that it was formerly the residence of the Bishop of Ardfert and O'Donovan (1841) says it was destroyed by Cromwell
  7. ^ "North Kerry Way - Spa to Banna". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 3 February 2026. Rahoneen Castle [..] is said to have [been] the residence of the Bishop of Ardfert

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