Rathangan (IE)
Rathangan ( Irish: Ráth Iomgháin, meaning "Iomghan's Fort") is a town in the west of County Kildare, Ireland. Rathangan is situated beside the Bog of Allen, and is in close proximity to the lowlands of the Curragh.
In recent years, the town has grown significantly to become a big commuter base for people working in Dublin.
The rath or fort of Iomghain, from which the town gets its name, has been dated to between 600 and 700 AD, and is situated to the northwest of the modern town on the Clonbulloge road.
George Pomeroy Colley a Major General in the British Armed Forces during the First Boer War and later Governor and High commissioner of Southern Africa was born in Rathangan in 1835. He spent his early childhood there before his schooling began in Surrey. A housing development; Pomeroy Park, is named after him.
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