We could not match "RAHAN" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 15 possible matches we have found for you:

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• You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible. It is based on a much more detailed list of legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes, wapentakes and so on. This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off directly searching it. There are no units called "RAHAN" (excluding any that have already been grouped into the places you have already searched), but administrative unit searches can be narrowed by area and type, and broadened using wild cards and "sound-alike" matching:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "RAHAN":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  ARDAGH	Meath	castle; and at the northern extremity of the parish, but principally in the county of Monaghan, there is a considerable lake, called Rahans.	Lewis:Ireland
  BALLYMAGOOLY	Cork	RAHAN, barony of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (E.) from Mallow; the population is returned	Lewis:Ireland
  CARRICK	Kildare	Rahan, that of the Rev. C. Palmer; Ballindolan, of Humphrey Borr, Esq.; and Grange Castle, of — Tyrrell, Esq. A fair	Lewis:Ireland
  CARRIG, or CARRIGLEAMLEARY	Cork	Rahan, and on its separation about 30 years since, part of it was added to Rahan, to make the divisions	Lewis:Ireland
  DURROW	Offaly	Rahan O'Swaney, and also granted an annuity of 40s. to the abbey, which continued to flourish till the dissolution	Lewis:Ireland
  KILLAUGHEY, or KILLAGHY	Offaly	Rahan, Lynally, Eglish, and Drumcullen, forming the union of Fircal, and in the patronage of Sir C. Coote, Bart. The rectory	Lewis:Ireland
  MAGHERACLOONY	Monaghan	Rahans, and Graghlone, besides which there are some smaller. The principal seats are Lough Fea Castle, the residence of Evelyn	Lewis:Ireland
  MALLOW	Cork	Rahan and a small portion of that of Mourne Abbey; the chapel, a large and substantial edifice, is in the town	Lewis:Ireland
  MOURNE, or MOURNE ABBEY, also called BALLINAMONA	Cork	Rahan, and containing the chapels of Burnfort, Monaparson, and Grenagh: the remainder is included in the Mallow district. It is in contemplation	Lewis:Ireland
  Rahan	Offaly	Rahan , par., N. King's co., on Grand Canal and river Clodagh, 5 miles W. of Tullamore, 14,985 ac., pop. 2464; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Rahan	Cork	Rahan .-- par., N. co. Cork, on river Blackwater, 3 miles SE. of Mallow, 10,082 ac., pop. 1249.	Bartholomew
  RAHAN	Cork	RAHAN , a parish, in the barony of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 ½ miles (E.) from	Lewis:Ireland
  RAHAN, or RAGHAN	Offaly	RAHAN , or RAGHAN, a parish, in the barony of BALLYCOWAN, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 3 ½ miles	Lewis:Ireland
  Rahans	Monaghan	Rahans , seat, 3 miles NE. of Carrickmacross, S. co. Monaghan.	Bartholomew
  Roscore	Offaly	Roscore , seat, Rahan par., mid. King's co.	Bartholomew

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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