Welcome to Roscommon, County Roscommon

Roscommon (Ros Comáin) is the county town of county Roscommon.

The name Roscommon is derived from St. Coman, who built a monastery there in the fifth century. The woods near the monastery became known as St. Coman's Wood, or Ros Comáin in Irish. This was later anglicised to Roscommon.

This busy market town once had a hangwoman called Lady Betty – as well as a  Dominican Friary, founded in 1253 by Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht.

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Strokestown turn on the style in final
(2 Sep 2010) Strokestown 2-14 Boyle 1-6
An impressive Strokestown romped to the U-16 county championship with a comprehensive 11point win over Boyle at Hyde Park last Sunday evening.
Lecarrow project mourns death of John Sherlock
(2 Sep 2010) IT has been a very sad week for everyone involved with the project in Lecarrow following the sudden death of Roscommon and District League Secretary John Sherlock.
Wasteful Boyle come a cropper
(2 Sep 2010) St. Dominic’s 1-7 Boyle 1-6
A second-half fightback from Boyle saw them come agonisingly close to snatching a draw in this intermediate football championship quarter-final at Tulsk last Saturday evening.
Roscommon enters season’s final furlong
(2 Sep 2010) The penultimate race meeting of the year at Roscommon Racecourse takes place on Monday next, September 6th.
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