Rathgar
Ráth Garbh | |
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Suburb | |
 Garville Avenue, Rathgar | |
  Rathgar Location in Ireland  Rathgar Rathgar (Dublin) | |
| Coordinates: 53°18.7′N 6°16.46′W / 53.3117°N 6.27433°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dublin |
| Local government area | Dublin City |
Rathgar (Irish: Ráth Garbh, meaning 'rough ringfort')[1] is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It was originally a village which from 1862 was part of the township of Rathmines and Rathgar; it was absorbed by the growing city and became a suburb in 1930.[2] It lies about three kilometres south of the city centre.
- ^ "Rathgar / Ráth Garbh". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "IE DCLA UDC/1 : Archives Of The Rathmines And Rathgar Township (1847-1930)" (PDF). dublincity.ie. Dublin City Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.