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Roscommon was the homeland of the Connachta dynasty, and included such kingdoms as Uí Maine, Delbhna Nuadat, Síol Muirdeach, and Moylurg.In addition, it contained areas known as Trícha cét's, Túath and is the homeland of surnames such as Ó Conchobhair (O'Conor, O'Connor), Mac Diarmada (), Ó Ceallaigh (), Ó Birn (Beirne, Byrne, Burns), Ó Duibh (Duff, Duffy, and Dufficy), Mac Donnchadha ...
The Books for Clare, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon have been published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. For other counties, manuscript copies are available at the National Library. [2] Those for co Clare were published in the nineteenth century as part of James Frost's The History and Topography of the County of Clare.
The collections document the history of County Roscommon over the centuries. These most notably include a 9th-century slab from St Coman's Abbey, [ 3 ] and a Sheela na gig from Rahara church. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] There is also a replica of the Cross of Cong , which was made in County Roscommon, [ 6 ] along with the Shrine of Manchan , by the master gold ...
In 1903, the house became one of the residences of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 11 August 1902 to 11 December 1905. [10] In 1918, the house was raided by Irish Republican Brotherhood members in order to procure arms. [11] Rockingham House again burned down in a fire started by an electrical fault in 1957.
"The Cistercian Abbey of Boyle, Co. Roscommon". Archaeology Ireland. ISSN 0790-892X. Morgan Conal, The history of the Cistercian Abbey of Boyle, 1161-1584 (Roscommon Library 2017) O’Dwyer B W, Letters from Ireland 1228-1229 (Kalamazoo 1982). Sharkey P.A., The Heart of Ireland (Boyle 1927)
The MacDermots Roe descend from Dermot Roe (the appellation Roe or Ruadh meaning red in Irish), grandson of Cormac MacDermot, King of Moylurg, 1218–1244. [1] Moylurg was an ancient kingdom in what is now northern County Roscommon, Ireland and lay within the Kingdom of Connacht which included the modern counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.
County Roscommon has an area of 2,548 square kilometres (984 sq mi). [3] Lough Key in north Roscommon is noted for having thirty-two islands. The geographical centre of Ireland is located on the western shore of Lough Ree in the south of the county.
Strokestown (Irish: Béal na mBuillí [2]), also known as Bellanamullia and Bellanamully, is a small town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is one of the 27 designated Heritage Towns in Ireland. [ 3 ] Located in the part of the country marketed for tourism purposes as Ireland's Hidden Heartlands , it is 140 km (87 mi) from Dublin and 120 km (75 ...