"Athlone piper’s story of Titanic disaster: scene of jollity"

Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/eugene-daly-irish-titanic

He expressed a wish to see Athlone Woollen Mills.

Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/john-mccormack-irish-tenor

He won three senior football championships with Athlone from 1947 to 1949, but never got his first medal because his old friend, the late Fianna Fáil Brian Lenihan Senior, persuaded him to play a soccer match with UCD.

Source: https://clarechampion.ie/clare-man-never-the-same-after-horrendous-uhl-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clare-man-never-the-same-after-horrendous-uhl-experience

John McCormack‘s father laughed derisively at this and hurried back to work in The Woolen Mills – a large factory in Athlone.

Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/john-mccormack-irish-tenor

Kilduff’s Athlone started the brighter of the sides, and had the first real chance amidst a goalmouth scramble.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/athlone-town-shelbourne-report-fai-cup-final-2-6227275-Nov2023/

Mamelodi Sundowns returned to action on Saturday evening when they traveled to the Athlone Stadium to face Stellenbosch in the Nedbank Cup.

Source: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/soccer/psl-south-africa/mamelodi-sundowns-stellenbosch-nedbank-cup-dumped-out-breaking-15-april-2023/

Pirates had beaten Stellies 2-1 in the first leg at Athlone Stadium, leaving the teams to end up playing to a 2-2 draw on aggregate, but the Buccaneers go through on the away goals rule.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/soccer/local-soccer/pirates-squeeze-mtn8-final-despite-defeat/

Sligo Rovers women’s team are in the FAI Cup semi-final for the first time, they take on last year’s finalists Athlone Town at The Showgrounds on Saturday at 6pm.

Source: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/lifestyle/the-top-ten-things-to-do-in-sligo-this-week-october-11-17/a904837678.html

The Boards of Castlerea & District Credit Union and Athlone Credit Union Ltd have announced that the formal merger of the two credit unions, following a vote by members of both credit unions at their respective AGMs, is now underway.

Source: https://roscommonherald.ie/2023/02/19/merger-of-castlerea-athlone-credit-unions-gets-underway/

The initial public consultation day for the proposed Ballyleague/Lanesborough to Athlone greenway was carried out recently at the Hodson Bay Hotel.

Source: https://roscommonherald.ie/2023/04/12/closing-date-today-for-feedback-on-proposed-greenway/