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The Castlestrange stone is located in the grounds of "Castlestrange House" near Athleague in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a granite boulder decorated with flowing spirals in the La Tène style, dating from the Iron Age period between 300 BC and 100 AD.
The Midland Region (coded IE063) is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland. It consists of the territory of the counties of Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford. The Midland Region spans 6,652 km2, 9.5% of the total area of the state and, according to the 2022 census, had a population of 317,999.
Rindoon (Irish: Rinn Dúin) is an abandoned village located in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Bellanamullia or Bealnamulla (Irish: Béal Átha na Muille, meaning 'mouth of the mill ford') is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It lies 4 km (2.5 mi) from the centre of Athlone, just beyond the urban boundary, on the R362 regional road.
Curraghboy (Irish: An Currach Buí, meaning 'the yellow marsh') is a rural village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It lies 14 km (8.7 mi) northwest of Athlone on the R362 regional road. It has one public house and two grocery shops. It also has an indoor handball alley, Roman Catholic church and a national (primary) school.
Creggs (Irish: Na Creaga, lit. 'the rocks') is a small village and townland in County Galway, Ireland. It is on the border with County Roscommon, on the R362 regional road between Glenamaddy and Roscommon town.
Athleague Hurling Club is a hurling club located in Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland. They were founded in 1901; soon after, they challenged a team from Athlone.
The Geographical Centre of Ireland, according to an investigation and calculation carried out by the Official Irish Government Mapping Agency, Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) published on the official OSI website on 24 February 2022 is near the village of Castletown Geoghegan, County Westmeath.
The Meehambee Dolmen, also known as the Mihanboy Portal Tomb, is a Neolithic portal tomb located in the townland of Mihanboy, near Athlone in County Roscommon, Ireland. The monument is dated to around 3500 BC and is listed as a Recorded Monument under the National Monuments Acts.
Scregg House is an 18th-century house in the townland of Scregg, south of Knockcroghery, in County Roscommon, Ireland. It was built in 1769 and occupied by J.E. Kelly in 1837 and Eliza Kelly in the 1850s. In a sale rental document of 1856, the house is described as a "respectable mansion, 3 stories high with basement and attic stories and a view of the Shannon River". Occupied in 1906 by the representatives of Henry Potts, the house is extant but no longer occupied. It is included on Roscommon County Council's Record of Protected Structures. Between 2007 and 2009, the Irish Georgian Society provided grant funding for repairs to the house's roof and windows.
St. Aloysius College (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Aloysius) was a secondary school in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. It was primarily a school for boys, though its Leaving Certificate Repeat Programme was open to all students.
website: http://staloysiuscollege.ie/
Dunamon is a civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. The main land-owning family in the locality were the Caulfeilds.
The Four Roads Turlough (Irish: Turlach Thigh Srathra) Special Area of Conservation (or SAC) is a Natura 2000 site based at the village of Four Roads, Ireland, close to Roscommon town, in County Roscommon, Ireland. The Four Roads Turlough is one of a number of seasonal lakes, or turloughs, found in the karst areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon.
The Killeglan Grassland (Irish: Féarach Chill Fhiagláin) Special Area of Conservation or SAC is a designated Natura 2000 site in south County Roscommon, near the town of Ballinasloe in County Galway, Ireland. Killeglan Grassland is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the qualifying interest: semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites).
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a prominent Roman Catholic parish church located in Athlone, County Westmeath in Ireland. Situated on the western bank of the River Shannon, directly opposite Athlone Castle, the church serves as a significant landmark in the town. Dean John Crowe led the fundraising efforts for the church from the 1930's until his death in 1955.
website: https://www.sspeterandpaulsparishathlone.com/
Athlone South (Irish: Baile Átha Luain Theas), also called South Athlone, is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
Athlone North (Irish: Baile Átha Luain Thuaidh), also called North Athlone, is a barony in County Roscommon, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
Tremane Hurling Club (Irish: Tromán, Tromaún) is a hurling club based in Knockadanagan, east of Athleague, County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1976, the club won the Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship.
Clann na nGael is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the southern end of County Roscommon, Ireland. The area comprises the two half parishes of Drum and Clonown, the parish being St Peter and Paul, Athlone. The club is the most successful in Roscommon in terms of titles won, with 21 Roscommon Senior Football titles, with the most recent in 2018.
Oran Hurling Club (Irish: Uarain) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Oran in mid County Roscommon, Ireland. They club, which plays in Green and Yellow colours, fields underage teams from U-12 to U-21 as well as Senior and Junior teams. In 2016, the club won their sixth Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship title. Their home pitch is in Clooneenbaun townland. Oran Football GAA club is based at the same ground.
St Brigid's GAA Club (Naomh Bríd) is a Gaelic football club located in the parishes of Kiltoom and Cam in County Roscommon, Ireland. The club was founded in 1944 and is a member of the Roscommon GAA branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association. As well as senior, intermediate and junior teams, the club fields underage teams from under-8 to under-21 and caters for ladies' Gaelic football at all ages.
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