Raith Explained

Raith may refer to:

People

• Robert Ferguson of Raith (1769–1840), Scottish politician
• John Melville of Raith (died 1548), Scottish laird executed for treason
• Julius Raith (1819–1862), German-American military officer
• Sissy Raith (born 1960), German female association footballer
• Thomas Raith, fictional vampire in the contemporary fantasy series The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Other uses

• Ráith, an Irish word for ringfort
• Raith, Fife, one-time area of Fife
• Raith, Ontario, a dispersed rural community and unincorporated area
• Raith Rovers F.C., a Scottish association football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife
• Ràth, a Scottish Gaelic term for a fort or fortified residence, particularly one surrounded by an earthen rampart, featuring in many placenames, including a major road interchange (M74 / A725) in South Lanarkshire

See also

• John Jeremiah McRaith (1934–2017), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Battle of Raith, a theory regarding the site of the Battle of Catraeth, now largely dismissed