An Teanga

Tang (An Teanga, 'the Tongue') is a small settlement in the civil parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West, along the N55 road between Athlone and Ballymahon in County Westmeath. The Irish name derives from 'teanga,' meaning 'tongue,' likely referring to a geographical feature of the landscape — a tongue or spit of land. The settlement sits a few kilometres north of Lough Ree, one of Irelan...