placenamesAthleague
Áth Liag
Lewis described a river crossing between Roscommon and Galway and the material resources of the wider historical parish.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Áth Liag · Irish · main form
- Athleague · English · main form
Place & story
Crossing between the counties
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Athleague’s crossing of the River Suck as a winding causeway bridge, with ten arches carried between small islands. It connected the two counties. Houses extended along the riverbank from one end, while another road climbed away at right angles. His account also recorded fairs on 11 July and 24 September. [2]
Stone and an abandoned iron industry
Lewis’s historical parish account covered land in both Roscommon and Galway. It noted plentiful limestone and freestone, together with former iron mines whose working had stopped for lack of fuel. The statement describes that wider parish’s resources; it does not locate an individual mine in the Roscommon portion. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Coordinates
- 53.56954, -8.23074
- Mapped area
- 52.48 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2053 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Athleague. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Athleague — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.