placenamesLough Allen
Loch Aillionn
A parliamentary exchange in 1909 records efforts to bring telegraph facilities to the Roscommon post-office locality.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Loch Aillionn · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lough Allen · English · main form
Place & story
The local request
On 25 November 1909, James O’Kelly raised Lough Allen post office in the House of Commons. He said residents had petitioned for telegraph facilities six months earlier and that Boyle Number One District Council had guaranteed the department against losses. His question described the existing Drumshanbo–Drumkeerin wires as passing immediately outside the office. [2]
Instructions to proceed
Postmaster-General Sydney Buxton replied that instructions for the work had been issued earlier that month. The exchange records both the local case for improved communication and the official decision to proceed. It does not establish the date on which the telegraph service actually began operating. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lough Allen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Telegraph Facilities, Lough Allen, Roscommon, House of Commons, 25 November 1909 · UK Parliament, Historic Hansard
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-14. How this page was prepared.