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

1062 Group Members 672 Ancestors 35 Buildings 44 Timeline Events

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Ancestors from Roscommon

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

Luke O'Connor

Elphin (Roscommon) +others Roscommon DOB: 20th January 1831

Mary Anne Glennon

Killinvoy (Roscommon) +others Roscommon DOB: 4th October 1880

Peter Malone

Roscommon DOB: 1st January 1801

Michael Caveny

Kilronan (Roscommon) +others Roscommon DOB: 18th June 1813

Buildings from Roscommon

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

Original Home of Thomas Crane and Bridget Burns — Original Crane Home

Fairymount School, photographed August 2011 — Fairymount school

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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Hanley/Gannons in Lissonuffy 1830s

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Brigida Kelly of Kilbegnet parish

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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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