Roscommon
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- This article is about Roscommon, the town in Ireland. See also: Roscommon, Michigan.
Template:Ie citytown infoboxRoscommon (Ros Comáin in Irish) is the county town of County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland.
This busy market town once had a hangwoman – a female hangman – 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.
See also
External link
- Roscommon railway station (http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/your_station.asp?letter=R&action=showdetail&station_id=105)Template:Ireland-place-stub