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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Athleague contained the following places:

"ATHLEAGUE, a parish and post town partly in the barony of Athlone, in the county of Roscommon, and partly in the barony of Killian, in the county of Galway, province of Connaught, Ireland, 4 miles to the S.W. of Roscommon. Clooneenbegg and Tromann are villages included in this parish It lies on both banks of the river Suck, which forms the boundary of the two counties, and is here crossed by a causeway and a series of bridges passing from island to island. Much of the district is bog. There are quarries of good limestone and freestone. Iron has been obtained, but the mines are not now worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Kilmore, Ardagh, and Elphin, of the yearly value, with the vicarages of Fuerty and Kilbegnet, of £314, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was formerly a family chapel, and is of great antiquity. An abbey of gray friars was founded here at an early period. There are several seats of the gentry- Rookwood, Castle Kelly, Fortwilliam, &c. Fairs are held on the 11th July and the 24th September."

"CLOONEENBEG, a town in the parish of Athleague, in the barony of Athlone, in the county of Roscommon, province of Connaught, Ireland. It is situated on the river Suck."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018