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

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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
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Latitude

54.0568° or 54° 3′ 25″ north

Longitude

-8.1704° or 8° 10′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C6H3R4H+PR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 83225885

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

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