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Ratoath
Ráth Tó | |
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Town | |
 Main Street in May 2020 | |
  Ratoath Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°30′22″N 6°27′47″W / 53.506°N 6.463°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Meath |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Population | 10,077 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | A85 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)1 |
| Irish Grid Reference | O016519 |
Ratoath (Irish: Ráth Tó, meaning 'Tó's ringfort')[2] is a commuter town in County Meath, Ireland. A branch of the Broad Meadow Water (Broadmeadow River) (Irish: An Gabhair) flows through the town.[3] The R125 and R155 roads meet in the village. At the 2022 census, there were 10,007 people living in Ratoath, making it the fourth largest urban area in Meath.[1] The town is around 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Dublin city centre.
- ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Ráth Tó / Ratoath". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Doyle, Joseph W. (1 February 2018). The Rivers and Streams of the Dublin Region (1st ed.). Dublin, Ireland: Rath Eanna Research. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-0-9566363-8-6.