Ireland

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! Our county town is Roscommon and we have a population of approximately 64,000. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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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

218 Group Members 335 Ancestors 145 Buildings 622 Timeline Events

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Ancestors from Roscommon

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

Patrick

Higgins

Roscommon (Roscommon) +others DOB: 1st January 1829

Ellen

(née McDermott) Barrett

Killukin Boyle (Roscommon) +others DOB: 17th March 1899

Annie

McCormack

Clooncraff (Roscommon) +others DOB: 24th May 1896

Hugh

Byrne

Baslick (Roscommon) DOB: 1st January 1818

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Buildings from Roscommon

Locate buildings around Roscommon and discover who lived and worked there.

Castlenode, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

Roscommon

Knockananima, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon

Roscommon

MILITARY ROAD, BOYLE, CO ROSCOMMON

Roscommon

Knocknashee, Boyle, Co. Roscommon

Roscommon

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Timeline from Roscommon

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

1910

Irish Women finally win the Right to Vote

1918 Roscommon

1910

Irish Women finally win the Right to Vote

1918 Roscommon

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Roscommon Message Board

Get free family history advice from our local volunteers or browse more than 20,000 genealogy queries.

McCormack/Croghan/Beirne/Hanley/Brobason/Dufficy-Help! 4 Dec 2018 18:54

John Moran 24 Nov 2018 22:01

Geraghty from Roscommon 7 Nov 2018 6:45

Martin Kelly of Cloonsheever born around 1830 31 Oct 2018 13:16

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Roscommon Local Guide

Find more information about visiting Roscommon and the local amenities that are available to you.

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

St Andrews (Dublin) +others

Castlecoote House & Gardens

Fuerty (Roscommon) +others

Places to visit in and around Boyle

Boyle (Roscommon)

Kilcolagh placename pronunciation and spelling

Kilcolagh (Roscommon) +others

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Roscommon

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