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ATHLONE , a See also:market-See also:town of Co. See also:Westmeath, See also:Ireland, on both See also:banks of the See also:Shannon. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 6617. The urban district, under the See also:Local See also:Government (Ireland) See also:Act 1900, is wholly in See also:county Westmeath, but the same See also:area is divided by the Shannon between the See also:parliamentary divisions of See also:South Westmeath and South See also:Roscommon. Athlone is 78 m. W. from See also:Dublin by the Midland See also:Great Western railway, and is also served by a See also:branch from See also:Portarlington of the Great See also:Southern & Western See also:line, providing an alternative and some-what longer route from the See also:capital. The See also:main line of the former See also:company continues W. to See also:Galway, and a branch N.W. serves counties Roscommon and See also:Mayo. The Shannon divides the town into two portions, known as the See also:Leinster See also:side (See also:east), and the See also:Connaught side (See also:west), which are connected by a handsome See also:bridge opened in 1844. There is a swivel railway bridge. The rapids of the Shannon at this point are obviated by means of a See also:lock communication with a See also:basin, which renders the See also:navigation of the See also:river practicable above the town. The steamers of the Shannon Development Company ply on the river, and some See also:trade by See also:water is carried on with See also:Limerick, and with Dublin by the river and the See also:Grand and Royal canals. Athlone is an important agricultural centre, and there are woollen factories.
The See also:salmon fishing both provides See also:sport and is a source of commercial See also:wealth. There are two See also:parish churches, St See also:Mary and St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, both erected See also:early in the 19th See also:century, of which the first has near it an isolated See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church See also:tower of earlier849
date. There are three See also:Roman See also:Catholic chapels, a See also:court-See also:house and other public offices. Early remains include portions of the See also:castle, of the town walls (1576), of the See also:abbey of St Peter and of a Franciscan See also:foundation. On several islands of the picturesque Lough Ree, to the See also:north, are ecclesiastical and other remains.
The military importance of Athlone See also:dates from the erection of the castle and of a bridge over the river by See also:John de See also:Grey, See also:bishop of See also:Norwich and See also:justiciar of Ireland, in 1210. It became the seat of the See also:presidency of Connaught under See also:Elizabeth, and withstood a See also:siege by the insurgents in 1641. In the See also:war of 1688 the See also:possession of Athlone was considered of the greatest importance, and it consequently sustained two sieges, the first by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. in See also:person, which failed, and the second by See also:General Godart See also:van See also:Ginkel (q.v.), who, on the 3oth of See also:June 1691, in the See also:face of the Irish, forded the river and took possession of the town, with the loss of only fifty men. Ginkel was subsequently created See also:earl of Athlone, and his descendants held the See also:title till it became See also:extinct in 1844. In 1797 the town was strongly fortified on the Roscommon side, the See also:works covering 15 acres and containing two magazines, an See also:ordnance See also:store, an armoury with 15,000 stands of arms and See also:barracks for 1500 men. The works are now dismantled. Athlone was incorporated by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I., and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament, and one member to the imperial parliament till 1885.
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