Knockroe

Places of Interest

Attymon

Railway station

Photo: Jamesr88, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Attymon railway station serves the townland of Attymon in County Galway, Ireland. The station is on the Dublin to Galway Rail service. Passengers to or from Westport railway station travel to Athlone and change trains. Attymon is situated 3 km north of Knockroe.

Dunsandle railway station

Building

Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunsandle railway station opened in 1890 as the only intermediate station on the Loughrea & Attymon branch line. It closed on 3 November 1975. As of 2000 the station and its surrounds and associated rolling stock are privately owned. Dunsandle railway station is situated 3 km south of Knockroe.

Places in the Area

Bullaun

Hamlet

Photo: Tecnikp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bullaun is a village in east County Galway, Ireland. It lies 6 km northeast of Loughrea on the R350 regional road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Bullaun is situated 6 km southeast of Knockroe.

New Inn

Hamlet

Photo: Eoghan888, Public domain.

"New Inn" is a village in east County Galway, Ireland. It lies mostly within the townland of Knockbrack, 14 km northeast of Loughrea. The village is on the Eiscir Riada, a series of hills which stretches across the Great Plains of Ireland. New Inn is situated 8 km east of Knockroe.

Athenry

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Athenry is a market town in County Galway with medieval town walls, castle and abbey. In Irish it's Baile Átha an Rí, town of the ford of the king. Those kings were the Ó Mainnín dynasty, ousted in the 12th century by supporters of the O'Connor kings, who in turn were ousted in the 13th century by the Anglo-Norman de Bermingham overlords.

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