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Athleague
Sign in to saveAthleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. As of the 2022 census, the village population was 296. The village is 8 km south-west of Roscommon town, at the junction of the N63 national route and the R362 regional road. The R357 leaves the N63 south of the village. The town has a mill and a restored church. The church is the local parish for the surrounding towns.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Áth Liag
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Roscommon
- Population
- 822
- Elevation
- 52
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- IMG Athleague2779c.jpg
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- Commons category
- Athleague
- Irish Grid Reference
- M826577
- described at URL
- www.townlands.ie/galway/athleague
- historic county
- County Roscommon
- native label
- Áth Liag
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Athleague () is a village and a parish in the Diocese of Elphin on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. As of the 2022 census, the village population was 296. The village is 8 km south-west of Roscommon town, at the junction of the N63 national route and the R362 regional road. The R357 leaves the N63 south of the village. The town has a mill and a restored church. The church is the local parish for the surrounding towns.
==History and name== Athleague's English name is derived from the Irish Áth Liag, meaning 'the ford of the flagstones', which indicates its use as a crossing point between the kingdoms of the Uí Maine and Uí Briúin.
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