Arigna

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Arigna An Airnigh
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54°04′40″N 8°06′20″W / 54.0778, -8.1056
Irish grid reference G931142
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Roscommon
Elevation:	86 m
Population (2002)

Arigna (Irish: An Airnigh) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is near Lough Allen (on the Shannon-Erne Waterway), on a scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn (Gaelic for "Iron Mountain"). The surrounding area has great and unspoiled beauty.

Contents 1 Economy 2 Transport 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Economy

Up to 20 years ago, Arigna had a working coal-mine with more than 400 people employed. Today, a small museum hosts artefacts of the Mining Experience and visitors are taken down the mine to experience the conditions under which local people worked for years. The working conditions were extremely dangerous, cold, wet and dirty.

[edit] Transport

Arigna railway station opened on 2 May 1888, but finally closed on 1 April 1959.^[1] It was part of the narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway.

[edit] See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

[edit] References