Ireland

County Roscommon

County Roscommon, or Ros Comáin in Irish, is located in the western region of Ireland. We are home to the stunning Lough Key Forest Park and statistically, we are known to have the longest life expectancy of any county in Ireland! We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

What is a Parish?

What is a Parish? We classify a Parish by the Civil Parish geographical boundaries, the basis upon which the Griffith’s Valuation and other land and tax records were created in the 19th and 20th Century. Find my Parish

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Ancestors from Roscommon

Find out about people who lived in Roscommon and their descendants.

Michael Croughan

Kilbride (Roscommon) +others Roscommon DOB: 19th February 1840

Denis Harlow

Roscommon DOB: 1st January 1820

Thomas Cantwell

Ireland XO +others Roscommon DOB: 1st January 1825

Bridget Flanagan

Roscommon +others Tibohine (Roscommon) DOB: 5th February 1857

Buildings from Roscommon

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image source ©nli.ie — Pre-1840 Tenant Map of Drumbrick, Glooria, Drumanilra, Gortleck, and Cloonkeen

Timeline from Roscommon

Read about the big and small events that shaped the heritage of Roscommon.

1740

Elphin Census of Tibohine Parish

1st Jan 1749

1760

Religious Census of Killukin, Creeve & Tumna

15th Apr 1766

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Roscommon Local Guide

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Tibohine (Roscommon) +others Elphin (Roscommon) Creeve (Roscommon) Castlemore (Roscommon) Boyle (Roscommon) Roscommon

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Elphin (Roscommon) +others Creeve (Roscommon) Roscommon

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Roscommon +others Ardcarn (Roscommon) Athleague (Roscommon) Aughrim (Roscommon) Ballinlough (Roscommon) Ballintober (Roscommon) Ballynakill (Roscommon) Baslick (Roscommon) Boyle (Roscommon) Bumlin (Roscommon) Cam (Roscommon) Castlemore (Roscommon) Cloonfinlough (Roscommon) Clooncraff (Roscommon) Creeve (Roscommon) Elphin (Roscommon) Estersnow (Roscommon) Killukin Boyle (Roscommon) Killummod (Roscommon) Kilbryan (Roscommon) Kilronan (Roscommon) Kilbeagh (Mayo) Kilbegnet (Galway) Kilbride (Roscommon) Kilcolagh (Roscommon) Kilkeevin (Roscommon) Kilcolman (Roscommon) Kilcooley (Roscommon) Kilcorkey (Roscommon) Killinvoy (Roscommon) Kilgefin (Roscommon) Kilglass (Roscommon) Kilmeane (Roscommon) Kilmacumsy (Roscommon) Kilmore (Roscommon) Kilnamanagh (Roscommon) Kilteevan (Roscommon) Kiltrustan (Roscommon) Kiltoom (Roscommon) Kiltullagh (Roscommon) Roscommon (Roscommon) Tumna (Roscommon) Galway Mayo Cloonygormican (Roscommon) Cloontuskert (Roscommon) Creagh (Roscommon) Dysart (Roscommon) Drum (Roscommon) Drumatemple civil parish (Roscommon) Dunamon (Roscommon) Fuerty (Roscommon) Lissonuffy (Roscommon) Moore (Roscommon) Ogulla (Roscommon) Oran (Galway) Rahara (Roscommon) St Peters (Roscommon) St Johns (Roscommon) Taghmaconnell (Roscommon) Taghboy (Roscommon) Shankill (Roscommon) Termonbarry (Roscommon) Tibohine (Roscommon) Tisrara (Roscommon)