Editing Moate (section)

==Location==
[[File:Moate at night.jpg|thumb|Nocturnal aerial view of the town]]
Moate is on the Cloghatanny River, also known as the Moate Stream, which is a tributary of the [[River Brosna]]. The confluence between the Cloghatanny and Brosna is {{convert|7.5|km|mi|}} to the southeast of Moate.<ref>[http://www.epa.ie/licences/lic_eDMS/090151b28036f421.pdf Inspectors Report on a Waste Water Discharge Licence Application] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024152306/http://www.epa.ie/licences/lic_eDMS/090151b28036f421.pdf |date=24 October 2013 }} Environmental Protection Agency, 2010-05-27.</ref>

The town is on the [[R446 road (Ireland)|R446 road]] between [[Kinnegad]] and [[Athlone]]. Before July 2008, this was the [[N6 road (Ireland)|N6 road]], a national primary route, and Moate was a serious traffic bottleneck. The new [[M6 motorway (Ireland)|M6 motorway]] bypasses the town.