[6] It is on the main Iarnród Éireann Intercity line from Dublin to Galway,[5] situated between Ballinasloe and Attymon halt stations, and still open for some passenger business.
[7] Woodlawn House, about 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Ballinasloe, is the former seat of the Trench family, holders of the title Baron (Lord) Ashtown.
[8] This large Italianate building was built in the late 18th century by Frederic Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown, of Moate, and extended and remodelled in the mid-19th century, following the marriage of his nephew, Frederic Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown, to his second wife, Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne of Castle Oliver, Limerick.
[3] It has 35,000 sq ft of space, and more than fifty rooms, with the central part comprising three storeys over a basement, and two two-storey wings.
It has a four-bay nave, a vestry and bell tower, carved wooden pulpit and lectern, and stained glass windows.