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4 unusual facts about Athlone


Alienware

On March 25, 2009, Alienware stated that it was considering closing its manufacturing bases in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, and in Miami, Florida.

Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line

The route to Westport and Galway branches away from the main line at Portarlington in County Laois and continues as far as Athlone in County Westmeath, where it splits again, with one branch to Westport and the other to Galway.

Richard Rive

Rive went to St Mark's Primary School and Trafalgar High School, both in District Six, and then to Hewat College of Education in Athlone, where he qualified as a teacher.

St. Rose's High School, Guyana

Six nuns and two postulants from the Ursuline convent in Athlone, Ireland traveled to the then-colony of British Guiana in 1847.


Abbeyshrule

Abbeyshrule is Growing popular for midland business affairs, being geographically well situated, between major urban centres such as Athlone, Longford, Mullingar, permitting business swift access to Paris Beauvais.

Anne Rigney

She has also exhibited in Scotland, Poland, Germany and the United States, and her many of her works are held in public collections, such as at Athlone Institute of Technology, Roscommon County Council, The Office of Public Works, and Irish Distillers.

Athlone Castle

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.

Battle of Aughrim

The Marquis de St Ruth (General Charles Chalmont), the French Jacobite general, moved too slowly to save Athlone, as he had to gather his troops from their quarters and raise new ones from rapparee bands and the levies of Irish landowners.

Burlescombe

Text incised on slate tablet on monument: "To the memory of Elizabeth Ayshford wife of Arthur Ayshford eldest sonne of Henry Ayshford Esquier only daughter of the right honourable Charles Lord Wilmot Viscount of Atllone (i.e. Athlone, d.1644) late general of his majesties forces in the kingdome of Ireland now a privy counceller both of England Ireland. She dyed the 23th (sic) yeare of her age Anno D(omi)ni 1635 June 13.o"

Bus Éireann

Additional services within Ireland include city services in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford and town services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Dundalk, Navan and Sligo.

College Hill, St. Louis

He chose the highest point on the property for the location of his mansion which he named "Athlone" after his father's Irish birthplace.

Delbhna Nuadat

The Delbhna Nuadat were lords of a large section of what is now Athlone in County Roscommon, situated between the Suca and Shannon rivers.

Health and Safety Authority

It operates from eight offices across Ireland: the Dublin headquarters and offices in Kilkenny, Athlone, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Sligo and Waterford.

Jackie Mooney

He returned to play for Aer Lingus in the Leinster Senior League for 2 years before Billy Young (association football) brought him back into football with Athlone Town when they re entered the league for the 1969-70 League of Ireland season.

Joan Brosnan Walsh

In 1969 she was a cast member of The Caucasian Chalk Circle Strand Players production and they won the Esso Trophy at the all-Ireland drama festival held in Athlone, County Westmeath.

Joan O'Flynn

She was chair, secretary and PRO for Co Kildare Camogie Board, a member of Leinster Council, and chair of the National Strategic Plan committee for six years and a ememebr of Management Committee for three years before she defeated Antrim's Catherine O'Hara in a vote at Congress 2009 in Athlone to become the sport’s first president-elect.

John Ennis

Sir John Ennis, 2nd Baronet (1842–1884), Member of Parliament for Athlone, 1868–1874 and 1880–1884

Sir John Ennis, 1st Baronet (1809–1878), Member of Parliament for Athlone, 1857–1865

John na Seamar Burke

One of his most notorious acts was the destruction of Athenry in 1572, after which he demolished most of the castles in Clanricarde, afterwards plundering south County Galway, County Roscommon, and crossed the Shannon into County Westmeath, where he buried Mullingar, Meelick and Athlone.

Lady May Abel Smith

Alexander's wife, Alice, born a British princess, retained her title and style, Her Royal Highness, and became known as Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

Pinelands railway station

Cape Flats Line trains travel from Cape Town through Pinelands and Athlone to Retreat.

Richard Handcock

Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine (1791–1861), his son, British MP for Athlone 1826–1832, Irish representative peer

Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine (1767–1840), his son, Irish MP for Athlone 1800–1801

Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin

There are currently thirty-seven parishes in the Diocese, which are divided into 6 administrative deaneries, based in the towns of Sligo, Boyle, Strokestown, Castlerea, Roscommon and the part of Athlone west of the River Shannon.

The Deserted Village

In Ireland the village described in the poem is thought to be Glasson village, near Athlone.

Tulrush

These fords also proved useful in 1691 for the large army of Marquis de St Ruth (General Charles Chalmont), the French Jacobite general, moving from the siege of Athlone, to Aughrim where he was defeated by Godert de Ginkell, the Williamite's Dutch general in the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

Westboro Station

It is located in the Westboro neighbourhood, on Scott Street between Athlone and Tweedsmuir avenues.

William Handcock

William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine (1761–1839), Irish and British MP for Athlone 1783–1803


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