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Am I wrong to believe that broadcasting in Moydrum, Athlone started several years before the stated 1931?

I have an account (just that an account) that the concrete piles that do (verified) exist there was for a BBC Service to the American colonies. Civil War and Independence put short shrift to that.

Is there anybody out there?

Hi Athlone fans. I have a context question: What are the 'visible ruins' mentioned in the Athlone page?

>Probably the town wall , they are visible and preserved. Walk to St. Francis Terrace. Also try the Civic Centre.<

Why is the castle called 'Adamson's Castle'; I don't mention it in my editing of the page, because I know nothing of the history or who Adamson may have been. We need Turloch O. in here to give us a better interpretation of the History.

The page is mirrored at least 18 times on the web, demonstrating how starved for Athlone history we are. So, any chance of a real scholar of history plonking some good information in here. Us amateurs can only do so much.

Contents 1 Athlone Town Centre Development 2 Format glich 3 Strange Weather 4 Weather 5 population 5.1 Removed offensive post 5.2 Translation of Ath Luain = 5.3 Mooted idea 5.4 Midlands Aiport 5.5 The Edits 5.6 Midlands gateway map

[edit] Athlone Town Centre Development

This entire section was removed for being a copyright violation from [1]. howcheng {chat} 01:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Won't be missed:)

The section currently labeled for clean up seems to be very specific to the current real estate market, has many obscure undefined references, and should be eliminated. I don't see that the content is particularlly valuable information unless you are buying or selling a house.

I agree and have deleted it. --Gazzetta 10:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Format glich

The large blank space looked strange; I moved the photo of the Abbey to the middle of the history block and the text now fills up to the top of the History section. A few literature citations would not go amiss in here. Also, It would be nice to have some confirmed history of the Abbey in there (photo is fine, but not referenced in the text; OK, I admit I added the photo, but I was hoping somone would plop in some Abbey history)

[edit] Strange Weather

While the climate statistics have been correctly taken from the 'Yahoo Weather' site they cannot possibly be correct! (Sarah777 22:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Weather

For a more accurate picture check met eireann (The National Meteorological Service) at www.met.ie Mullingar is the nearest place there are figures for and it is completly different to the info on the page.

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Oh, Since when is Kilbeggan further away than Mullingar? 15 miles closer by my mileometer. The weather station is there on the roadside. Stop posting crap.

• Maybe so, there is one on the west side of Athlone also. This doesn't change the fact that the closest figures published on the website are for Mullingar and Birr.

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[edit] population

Figures for population are higher if the total rural populations are included bring the rural population to over 30,000 as per census information 2006. Figures look skewed as actual town boundary is tiny proportionate to the size of the area the town has expanded into.

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[edit] Removed offensive post

removed one post from above which was unduly offensive. An honest inquiry is not disgusting ignorance.

Sean O'Casaidhe 12:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation of Ath Luain =

Also removed an incorrect translation of "Ath Luain" or alternatively, "The Ford of the Moon"

"Moon" in gaelic is "gealach". Gaelic is not a romanesque language and thus "Luain" is not derived from 'Luna'.

I have also read somewhere a suggestion that the name is derived from the Tain, as the spot where "the loins of the bull fell". :)

Sean O'Casaidhe 12:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm no Irish scholar but IIRC, moon was always translated as "An Luain"? Bastun 17:15, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Nobody knows, but Luain could have a lunar connotation. Not much of a scholar that shoots the theory down with zero proof.

[edit] Mooted idea

The piece begining "the idea was mooted..." did at one point refer to a passage describing an historic plan to make Athlone the capital of Ireland. The passage was deleted at some point and the remaining piece makes no sense as written. I dont know if the deletion was part of the serial editing war that waged here for a while, but it might be worth resurrecting, or rewriting the remaining piece. Any thoughts?Dmccabe 04:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Midlands Aiport

I took out an article that was injected at the top of the page referring to the idea of a midlands airport near Horseleap and listing a shedload of local VIPs. This article is also present in the entry for Horseleap.

I removed it from the Horseleap article per WP:CRYSTAL. Bastun 17:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Edits

Don't have much problem with them. If only our elected officials were so responsive :-)

[edit] Midlands gateway map

I think this is more suited to the Midlands Gateway page than the Athlone page? I don't think duplication is necessary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 1-555-confide (talk • contribs) 19:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC).