Four Roads, Ireland
Four Roads
Tigh Srathra | |
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Village | |
![Cloghan Castle is a protected 16th century tower house located just south of Four Roads[1]](/wiki/File:Cloghan_Castle_(geograph_2329563).jpg) Cloghan Castle is a protected 16th century tower house located just south of Four Roads[1] | |
  Four Roads Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°30′58″N 8°13′23″W / 53.516°N 8.223°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Elevation | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M826577 |
Four Roads (Irish: Tigh Srathra, meaning "house of the stream")[2] is a village in County Roscommon. It is situated about 16 km from Roscommon town, and about 28 km from Athlone.
Gaelic games[edit]
Four Roads GAA club, founded in 1904, is the most successful hurling club in Roscommon, with 34 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship titles.[3]
Four Roads Camogie club have also had success at county and national level, winning seven county championships in a row between 2008 and 2014. In the middle of those wins, they won the 2010 All Ireland Junior Club title.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Record of Protected Structures for County Roscommon" (PDF). roscommoncoco.ie. Roscommon County Council. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Tigh Srathra / Four Roads (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Four Roads romp to victory in Roscommon hurling final". rte.ie. RTÉ. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
[Four Roads are] on the top of the Roscommon Roll of Honour after winning their 34th senior crown
- ^ "Four Roads win All-Ireland Junior Camogie final". breakingnews.ie. Landmark Digital Ltd. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
