Orchard Island
Orchard Island is an island in County Roscommon, Connacht. Orchard Island is situated nearby to the locality Doon Point, as well as near Rockhill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilronan Castle and Arigna Mining Experience.
Kilronan Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in 40 acres of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Ireland, 2 kilometres from the village of Ballyfarnon.
Arigna Mining Experience
Museum
Photo: RTG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Arigna Mining Experience is a centre dedicated to the coal mining history of Arigna over a period of 400 years, local geology and coal, as well as new forms of renewable energy. It is Ireland's first museum dedicated to coal mining.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyfarnan and Keadew.
Ballyfarnan
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Ballyfarnon is a village in northern County Roscommon, Ireland. Built on the River Feorish at the foot of Arigna Mountain, it lies between Loughs Skean and Meelagh with Lough Arrow, Lough Allen, Lough Bo and Lough-na-Sool nearby.
Keadew
Village
Photo: Ed Gaffney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keadue, officially Keadew, is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is on the R284 and R285 regional roads close to the borders of County Leitrim and County Sligo.
Arigna
Village
Photo: Ed Gaffney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arigna is a village in the far north of County Roscommon in the west of Ireland. It is near Lough Allen, on a designated scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn.
Orchard Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: County Roscommon, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.0568° or 54° 3′ 25″ northLongitude
-8.1704° or 8° 10′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C6H3R4H+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 83225885OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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