What is recorded here

Áth Liag, the mouth of the flagstone ford, split Connacht from Meath at the NE end of Lough Ree. Kings Mael Sechnaill and Cathal Ua Conchobair built causeways there around AD 1000, probably ancestors of later bridges. Horses, carts and armies may have felt those same stones underhoof before the name became Ballyleague.

At the NW end of Lanesborough (LF017-003----), which was known as Béal Átha Liag (Ballyleague) or Áth Liag (the mouth of the ford of the flagstones) before 1664 (Cal. S.P. Ire. 1663-5, 442; Bradley et al. 1985, 26; Gillespie and Moran 1991, 208). This was a major crossing point on the river Shannon at the NE end of Lough Ree, on a strategic boundary separating the early medieval kingdoms of Connacht and Meath and the modern counties of Longford and Roscommon. Causeways were constructed in AD 1000 by Mael Sechnaill, King of Midhe, and also by Cathal Ua Conchobhair (AFM; A. Clon. sub 994; Bradley et al. 1985, 25). Their exact location is unknown, athough they were probably replaced by later bridges (see LF017-003001-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 May 2012

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