ROSCOMMON

:''This article is about the town in Ireland. For other uses see Roscommon (disambiguation).''
'Roscommon' () is the county town of County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland.

Contents
History
Transport
See also
External links
References

History


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 (see Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland). Roscommon Castle, built in 1269, is an Anglo-Norman fortress.

Transport


Roscommon railway station opened on 13 February 1860.[1]

See also



List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

List of Irish Towns with a Market House

Lord Roscommon

External links



Roscommon - Catholic Encyclopedia article



Roscommon Bands

References


1. Roscommon station


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Roscommon Companies
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