- Keadue
Infobox Irish Place
name = Keadue
gaeilge = Ceideadh
crest
motto =
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pin coords = left: 58px; top: 10px
north coord = 54.0681 | west coord = 8.1994 | irish grid = M835815
area = | elevation = 82 m
province =Connacht
county =County Roscommon
population = | town pop = - | rural pop = 194
census yr = 2002
web = |Keadue ( _ga. Céideadh) is a village in
County Roscommon ,Ireland on the R285regional road close to the borders ofCounty Leitrim andCounty Sligo . The name is sometimes also spelled Keadew. [http://www.coimisineir.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Larionaid_Daonra_agus_Duichi)_IR_59_de_2005.pdf Place Names Order 2005]Keadue is the burial place of the great Irish harper,
Turlough O'Carolan , and the village holds an annual O'Carolan Harp Festival and Summer School to commemorate his life and work.Keadue is a twice Overall winner of the National Tidy Towns award in
1993 and2003 , as well as numerous awards for the tidiest town in the county.ee also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
* Market Houses in IrelandExternal links
* [http://www.harp.net/Keadue/Keadue.htm Keadue Homepage]
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