Irish Counties - Roscommon

County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin in Irish) is a county located in central Ireland. Roscommon is in the province of Connacht. Roscommon is also the name of the county town. This busy market town once had a hangwoman - a female hangman - as well as a Dominican Friary, founded in 1253 by Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht. Roscommon Castle, built in 1269, is an Anglo Norman fortress.

Athlone, on the River Shannon, lies partly in Roscommon and partly in County Westmeath (in the neighbouring province of Leinster).

Tulsk is the nearest village to the mythological site of Rath Cruachán, home of Queen Medb (Maedbh, Maeve) and the Morrigan, which was the starting point for an epic tale in Irish Literature of the Táin Bó Cúailgne or Cattle Raid of Cooley, famously translated by Thomas Kinsella. Roscommon has much to interest those interested in Irish heritage or history.

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Writers associated with Co. Roscommon include:

• French, Percy
• Hyde, Douglas
• Waters, John

Towns and Villages:
Athlone, Ballaghaderreen, Boyle, Castlerea, Strokestown, Tulsk