Arigna An Airnigh
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54.0778° N 8.1056° W
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. Arigna, near Lough Allen (on the Shannon-Erne Waterway), is a sleepy, easy-going village on a scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn (Gaelic for "Iron Mountain"). The surrounding area has great and unspoiled beauty. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Connaught redirects here. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ...

Up to 20 years ago, Arigna had a working coal-mine with more than 400 people working for the company. 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 beauty and view from the moutains overlooking arigna and surrounding villages and towns is spectacular.One amazing thing is you can see five counties from the mountains.The working conditions were extremely dangerous in the mines the conditions were cold wet and dirty. Since the closure of the mines the greatest danger that exists in Arigna would be that to the unscruptlous stranger popping into Flynn's Bar for a pint. Gential mutilation is likely to follow.

In recent years the 'Arigna Empire' has been extended to a corner of nearby Drumshanbo, in the establishment known a 'Henrys Haven', where traveller-style bare knuckle fighting, drug-dealing and even prostitution have become commonplace. Activities to which the 'Ariggies' have taken well to in this area are Fist Fighting and Prostitution, complemented by remeniscing about the great Roscommon teams of the last few months. Following such activities they all return to their County Council built homes as the majority of them have been barred from popular nightclub 'Cartown House'

See also

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