Four Roads, Ireland

Four Roads (Irish: Tigh Srathra, meaning "house of the stream")[3] is a village in County Roscommon. It is situated about 16 km from Roscommon town, and about 28 km from Athlone.

Four Roads Tigh Srathra
Village
Cloghan Castle is a protected 16th century tower house located just south of Four Roads[2]
Four Roads Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53.516°N 8.223°W / 53.516; -8.223
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Roscommon
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Irish Grid Reference	M826577

Gaelic games

Four Roads GAA club, founded in 1904, is the most successful hurling club in Roscommon, with 34 Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship titles.[4]

Four Roads Camogie club have enjoyed a lot of success at county and national level, they won 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.[5]

References

1. "Record of Protected Structures for County Roscommon" (PDF). roscommoncoco.ie. Roscommon County Council. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
2. "Record of Protected Structures for County Roscommon" (PDF). roscommoncoco.ie. Roscommon County Council. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. "Tigh Srathra / Four Roads (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
4. "Four Roads romp to victory in Roscommon hurling final". rte.ie. RTÉ. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020. [Four Roads are] on the top of the Roscommon Roll of Honour after winning their 34th senior crown
5. "Four Roads win All-Ireland Junior Camogie final". breakingnews.ie. Landmark Digital Ltd. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2020.