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Welcome to County Roscommon

Roscommon (Irish: Ros Comáin, meaning "Saint Coman's wood") is the county town of County Roscommon in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 5,017 (including rural area). The town is located near the junctions of the N60, N61 and N63 roads.

This page is being used at the moment ONLY for posting messages on the Roscommon Message Board for people who know that there ancestors are (or were) based in Roscommon, but do not know what parish they came from. If you know what parish your ancestors came from, please JOIN that parish and post your message on their message board - you'll get a quicker and more informed response that way.

The more information that you have about your ancestors, the better the response you should receive. Try to post as much information as possible:

  • names
  • dates
  • places
  • if they were married (and to whom)
  • children's names
  • descendants' names
  • any thing else you can think of

When your query has gathered enough information for you to decide what parish your ancestors came from, we can then more your query to that parish's message board.

This will be an exciting journey for (and us).

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