Arigna
Sign in to saveArigna (, formerly Carn an Ailt) is a village in the far north of County Roscommon in the west of Ireland. It is near Lough Allen (on the River Shannon), on a designated scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn. Arigna is situated in Kilronan parish, along with the villages of Keadue and Ballyfarnon. The area has a long association with the coal mining industry, carried out for over 400 years until the mines closed in 1990.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Roscommon
- Elevation
- +86
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- View Looking Towards Lough Allen - geograph.org.uk - 751127.jpg
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Arigna coal mining
- Life inside the Mines
- Preservation
- Transport
- Notable people from Arigna
- See also
- References
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- Sources
- Further reading
Arigna (, formerly Carn an Ailt) is a village in the far north of County Roscommon in the west of Ireland. It is near Lough Allen (on the River Shannon), on a designated scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn. Arigna is situated in Kilronan parish, along with the villages of Keadue and Ballyfarnon. The area has a long association with the coal mining industry, carried out for over 400 years until the mines closed in 1990.
==Etymology== Arigna is an English corruption of , meaning "the plundering", an adjective for the Arigna river - , the "plundering river". The Gaelic name for Arigna was '''''' ("Carn Analt").