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Roscommon
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- This article is about the town in Ireland. For other uses see Roscommon (disambiguation).
| Roscommon Ros Comáin |
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| Irish Grid Reference M879648 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Roscommon | |
| Elevation: | 80 m | |
| Population (2002 and Prelim. Census 2006) - Town: - Rural: |
4,489 4,168 |
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Roscommon (Irish: Ros Comáin) is the county town of County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland.
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.
- Roscommon - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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