Four Roads, Ireland Explained

Settlement Type:Village
Four Roads
Native Name:Irish: Tigh Srathra
Native Name Lang:ga
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:53.516°N -8.223°W
Blank Name Sec1:Irish Grid Reference
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Connacht
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Roscommon
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:52

Four Roads [1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tigh Srathra / Four Roads (see archival records) . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 9 March 2020 .
  2. Web site: Four Roads romp to victory in Roscommon hurling final . RTÉ . rte.ie . 9 March 2020 . 6 October 2019 . [Four Roads are] on the top of the Roscommon Roll of Honour after winning their 34th senior crown.
  3. Web site: Four Roads win All-Ireland Junior Camogie final . Landmark Digital Ltd . breakingnews.ie . 28 November 2010 . 9 March 2020 .