Rathbeagh

Rathbeagh (Irish: Ráth Bheathach, meaning 'rath of birches')[1] is a townland and hill on the River Nore in the parish of Lisdowney near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

[citation needed] The townland of Rathbeagh, which is 2.5 square kilometres (0.97 sq mi) in area,[2] had a population of 52 as of the 2011 census.

[citation needed] According to local tradition, the ringfort is the burial place of Heremon,[4] son of the Celtic leader Milesius.

The remains of a church, dedicated to St. Catherine, are located in an enclosed graveyard situated approximately 300 metres (980 ft) north of the ringfort.

[5] The well was disused, and possibly destroyed, by 1839 when Eugene O'Curry wrote that it had historically been the site of a patron held annually on 24 June and 6 December in honour of St.