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Roscommon (/ r ɒ s ˈ k ɒ m ən /; Irish: Ros Comáin, meaning 'Saint Coman's wood'; pronounced [ɾˠɔsˠ ˈkɔmˠaːnʲ]) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The town is in a civil parish of the same name. [2]
County Roscommon (Irish: Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the 11th largest Irish county by area and 26th most populous. Its county town and largest town is Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee (HAC) was a campaign group established to protest against the downgrading of Accident and Emergency services at the hospital. [5] In December 2006, the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee criticised what it called the "fudged language" of the Health Service Executive (HSE) on emergency care at the hospital. [6]
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