Arigna

Arigna

Infobox Irish Place
name = Arigna
gaeilge = An Airnigh
crest

motto =
map

pin coords = left: 66px; top: 9px
north coord = 54.0778 | west coord = 8.1056 | irish grid = G931142
area = | elevation = 86 m
province = Connacht
county = County Roscommon
population = | town pop = | rural pop =
census yr = 2002
web = |

Arigna ( _ga. An Airnigh) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is near Lough Allen (on the Shannon-Erne Waterway), on a designated "scenic route" between Keadue and "Sliabh an Iarainn" (Irish/Gaelic for "Iron Mountain").

Economy

Up to 20 years ago, Arigna had a working coal-mine with more than 400 people employed. Today, a small museum hosts artefacts of the mining experience [http://www.arignaminingexperience.ie/museumandtour.htm] and visitors are taken down the mine to experience the difficult conditions under which local people worked for years.

Transport

Arigna railway station opened on 2 May 1888, but finally closed on 1 April 1959. [cite web | title=Arigna station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-08] It was part of the narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway.

ee also

*List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

References


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