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Boyle (/ ˈ b ɔɪ l /; Irish: Mainistir na Búille [8]) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county . Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery , the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gara are also close by.
Boyle barony loosely corresponds to the ancient Gaelic kingdom of Magh Luirg an Dagda (Moylurg), the "plain of the tracks of Dagda.". In the 1585 Composition of Connacht, Boyle barony was confirmed as the possession of the Mac Diarmada, except for those parts which belonged to the Queen (then Elizabeth I) or the Church of Ireland.
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
Entrance to graveyard (Ardcane Church) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1840) describes Ardcarn thus: [6]. ARDCARNE, a parish, in the barony of Boyle, County Roscommon, province of Connaught, 3½ miles (E.S.E.) from Boyle, on the road to Carrick-on-Shannon ; containing 7673 inhabitants.
From the time Christianity first arrived in Ireland in the second half of the 5th century (in the form of Saint Patrick's mission), the early church was centred on Monastic settlements. St. Patrick founded such a settlement in an area known as Corcoghlan, now known as Elphin, in 434 or 435.
Boyle Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Búille) [1] is a ruined Cistercian friary located in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It was founded by Saint Malachy in the 12th century. It was founded by Saint Malachy in the 12th century.
A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel ...
Elphin (el-FIN; Irish: Ail Finn) [2] is a small town in north County Roscommon, Ireland.It forms the southern tip of a triangle with Boyle 18 km (11 mi) and Carrick-on-Shannon 14 km (9 mi) to the north west and north east respectively.