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2. Athlone - Wikipedia

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   Athlone ( / æθˈloʊn /; Irish: Baile Átha Luain, meaning 'The town of Luan's ford ') [ 2] is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of 22,869 in the 2022 census.

3. History of Athlone - Wikipedia

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   History of Athlone. Athlone ( Irish: Baile Átha Luain, meaning 'town of Luan's ford ') is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland. Located on the border between County Westmeath and County Roscommon, the development of the Athlone owes much to the location of a strategic ford (river crossing point) on the ...

4. Lough Ree - Wikipedia

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   Lough Ree ( Irish: Loch Rí ), [ 1] translated to English as King's Lake or King Lake, [citation needed] is a lake in the midlands of Ireland, the second of the three major lakes on the River Shannon. Lough Ree is the second largest lake on the Shannon after Lough Derg. The other two major lakes are Lough Allen to the north, and Lough Derg to ...

5. Athlone Castle - Wikipedia

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   The earliest recorded "castle" of Athlone was a wooden structure built in 1129, by King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of Connacht, possibly on the site of the present castle. The stone castle which survives today dates from 1210 and was built for King John by his Irish Justiciar, Bishop John de Gray of Norwich. It was built to defend the crossing ...

6. Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Athlone - Wikipedia

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   Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Athlone. / 53.423924; -7.943669. Ss. Peter & Paul, Athlone, Drum and Clonown. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic parish church situated in the town of Athlone, County Westmeath in Ireland. [2]

7. Drum, County Roscommon - Wikipedia

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   www .drum .ie. Drum ( Irish: An Droim, meaning 'the ridge') [1] is a civil parish in south County Roscommon about 5 km west of Athlone. It lies in the barony of Athlone. One of the townlands in the parish is also called Drum. Meehambee Dolmen, a portal tomb estimated to be 5,500 years old, is located in the northern part of the parish.

8. St. Mary's Church Of Ireland, Athlone - Wikipedia

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   Located in the centre of Ireland and straddling the provincial boundary between Leinster and Connaught, Athlone 's history dates back to 1210 and the building of a castle by King John . The present St. Mary's Church of Ireland is situated within the medieval town walls on an elevated site. There has been a church on these grounds since before ...

9. List of monastic houses in County Westmeath - Wikipedia

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   Druim-corcortri Monastery ~. early monastic site, founded 5th century by St Patrick for Diarmait — possibly located in County Westmeath. Druim-corcthri; Druim-corkaree; Druim-corcortri, in Meath. Drumraney Monastery. early monastic site, hermitage founded before 588; in existence 995. Druim-raite;