Baile Átha Luain / Athlone

Baile Átha Luain / Athlone is a big town located on the River Shannon in County Westmeath

Vocabulary:
baile = home; town
áth = ford
Luan = name of a man who kept a hostelry on the River Shannon and the place was called Áth Luain; Monday
áth Luain = a ford of Luan
baile átha Luain = a town of a ford of Luan

Grammar:
Luan = Monday
Dé Luain = on Monday
ar an Luan = on Mondays, on the Monday

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