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}Roscommon (Ros Comáinside in Irish) is the county town of County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland.

This occupy market town once had the hangwoman – a female hangman – also as a Dominican Friary, founded in 1253 by Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht (see Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland). Roscommon Castle, built in 1269, is an Anglo-Norman fortress.

Roscommon County Enterprise Board.
Information on Roscommon's industry, tourism, heritage, accommodation, and genealogy.

The Roscommon Champion
Editorial, news and sport from one of the counties major local newspapers.


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