Four Roads, Ireland

For the village in Barbados, see Six Cross Roads, Barbados.

Four Roads
Tigh Srathra
Village
Cloghan Castle is a protected 16th century tower house located just south of Four Roads[1]
Cloghan Castle is a protected 16th century tower house located just south of Four Roads[1]
Four Roads is located in Ireland
Four Roads
Four Roads
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°30′58″N 8°13′23″W / 53.516°N 8.223°W / 53.516; -8.223
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Roscommon
Elevation
52 m (171 ft)
Irish Grid ReferenceM826577

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

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

  1. ^ "Record of Protected Structures for County Roscommon" (PDF). roscommoncoco.ie. Roscommon County Council. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tigh Srathra / Four Roads (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "Four Roads win All-Ireland Junior Camogie final". breakingnews.ie. Landmark Digital Ltd. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2020.