Raheen
Raheen is a small village south of Portlaoise in County Laois, Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Raheen, Ireland
- Also known as: “Raheen, County Laois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tenakill House and Saint Fintan’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyroan and Abbeyleix.
Ballyroan
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Ballyroan is a small village in County Laois, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Ballyroan and in the former barony of Cullenagh. The nearest town is Abbeyleix, 5 km to the south-west along the R425 road. Ballyroan is situated 4½ km southeast of Raheen.
Abbeyleix
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it.
Mountrath
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Mountrath is a town in County Laois, with a population in 2022 of about 2100. In the 18th and 19th century it was industrial, with weaving and metal-working from local iron ores.
Raheen
- Categories: human settlement, townland, and locality
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.96501° or 52° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-7.36952° or 7° 22′ 10″ westElevation
118 metres (387 feet)Open location code
9C4JXJ8J+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 52252949OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Raheen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Raheen”
- Dutch: “Raheen, County Laois”
- Irish: “Ráithín Chuileannáin”
- Russian: “Рахин”
- Turkish: “Raheen, County Laois”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Fintan’s Church and St Fintan’s Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raheen”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.