Boyle (Ireland)
Coordinates: 53 ° 58 ′ N , 8 ° 18 ′ W
Nave ruin of Boyle Abbey
Boyle ( Irish : Mainistir na Búille , Latin: Buellium ) is an Irish city in the north of County Roscommon . It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key , Lough Arrow and Lough Gara at an altitude of 83 m.
The population is 2522 (2006), of which 1599 live in the city proper and 923 in the surrounding area. Boyle is connected to the rail network and the N4 national road from Dublin to Sligo . The ruins of Boyle Abbey are known . Three kilometers west of Boyle is the Portal Tomb of Drumanone .
Personalities
- Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998), actress
- Patrick Francis Sheehan (1932–2012), Bishop of Kano (Nigeria)
- Chris O'Dowd (born 1979), actor
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the Naional Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992 ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 pp. 208-209
Web links
- The city's website (English)