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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>County Roscommon is named after the <a href="/facts/County_town/gM2KhpBd">county town</a> of <a href="/facts/Roscommon/GHX7ALfG">Roscommon</a>. Roscommon comes from the Irish <i>Ros</i> meaning a wooded, gentle height and <i><a href="/facts/Coman_mac_Faelchon/4q5RaqCs">Comán</a></i>, the first abbot and bishop of Roscommon who founded the first monastery there in 550 AD.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <p>County Roscommon has an area of 2,548 square kilometres (984 sq mi).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Lough_Key/LDksPv4z">Lough Key</a> in north Roscommon is noted for having thirty-two islands. The <a href="/facts/Geographical_centre_of_Ireland/BjDFPAfo">geographical centre of Ireland</a> is located on the western shore of <a href="/facts/Lough_Ree/TVjgeqc7">Lough Ree</a> in the south of the county.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Roscommon is the third largest of Connacht's five counties by size and the second-smallest in terms of population. It ranks 11th in size of Ireland's 32 counties, but 26th in terms of population, making it the 3rd most sparsely populated county after Leitrim and Mayo. The county borders every other <a href="/facts/Connacht/rfQFugRg">Connacht</a> county: <a href="/facts/County_Galway/pRPYJqvI">Galway</a>, <a href="/facts/County_Mayo/eM9BEJUF">Mayo</a>, <a href="/facts/County_Sligo/zpx4qxQz">Sligo</a>, and <a href="/facts/County_Leitrim/7rvFvtzt">Leitrim</a>, as well as three <a href="/facts/Leinster/1aJnKf0K">Leinster</a> counties: <a href="/facts/County_Longford/uKL9Mhm9">Longford</a>, <a href="/facts/County_Westmeath/TRJcMBtY">Westmeath</a>, and <a href="/facts/County_Offaly/cpXBDXJD">Offaly</a>. In 2008, a news report said that statistically, people from Roscommon have the longest life expectancy of any county on the island of Ireland.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Seltannasaggart/011UVXXK">Seltannasaggart</a>, which is located along the northern border with <a href="/facts/County_Leitrim/7rvFvtzt">County Leitrim</a>, is the tallest point in County Roscommon, measuring to a height of 428 m (1,404.20 ft).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Largest towns by population</h3> <p>According to the 2016 census:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <ol><li><a href="/facts/Roscommon/GHX7ALfG">Roscommon</a> 5,876</li> <li><a href="/facts/Boyle,_County_Roscommon/oJAIdcJQ">Boyle</a> 2,568</li> <li><a href="/facts/Castlerea/rW44VM36">Castlerea</a> 1,992</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ballaghaderreen/E9AR02hD">Ballaghaderreen</a> 1,808</li></ol> <h2 id="baronies">Baronies</h2> <p>There are nine historical <a href="/facts/Barony_(Ireland)/vPfS0JCr">baronies</a> in County Roscommon. </p><p>North Roscommon </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Boyle_(barony)/lKaEUxV5">Boyle</a> (north Roscommon including <a href="/facts/Boyle,_County_Roscommon/oJAIdcJQ">Boyle</a> and <a href="/facts/Arigna/Evpggq8T">Arigna</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frenchpark_(barony)/87tfkBpo">Frenchpark</a> (north-west, including <a href="/facts/Ballaghaderreen/E9AR02hD">Ballaghaderreen</a> and <a href="/facts/Frenchpark/mQrhhlFq">Frenchpark</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roscommon_(barony)/A0Ju91Uf">Roscommon</a> (mid-north-east, including <a href="/facts/Strokestown/x6AxKhh8">Strokestown</a> and <a href="/facts/Tulsk/VBsXIUuy">Tulsk</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Castlereagh_(County_Roscommon_barony)/6I8gMWY3">Castlereagh</a> (west, including <a href="/facts/Castlerea/rW44VM36">Castlerea</a> and <a href="/facts/Ballinlough,_County_Roscommon/BKGE7xWd">Ballinlough</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ballintober_North/xPJfeBtx">Ballintober North</a> (east including <a href="/facts/Rooskey/IPR6NvUg">Rooskey</a> and <a href="/facts/Tarmonbarry/Jkpglep2">Tarmonbarry</a>).</li></ul> <p>South Roscommon </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Ballymoe_(County_Roscommon_barony)/Du5eS6vf">Ballymoe</a></i> shared with <a href="/facts/County_Galway/pRPYJqvI">County Galway</a> includes <a href="/facts/Ballymoe/oqEB4N2k">Ballymoe</a>, <a href="/facts/Creggs/fuXN9xI5">Creggs</a> and <a href="/facts/Glenamaddy/W4yTEzbG">Glenamaddy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ballintober_South/0S04uqc9">Ballintober South</a> (south-mid-east, including <a href="/facts/Roscommon/GHX7ALfG">Roscommon</a>).</li> <li>Athlone (mid-south, including <a href="/facts/Knockcroghery/DJJxHyVr">Knockcroghery</a> and part of <a href="/facts/Athlone/0RGrqSKP">Athlone</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Moycarn/zeWVeohE">Moycarn</a> (far-south, including part of <a href="/facts/Ballinasloe/asyc8DsH">Ballinasloe</a>).</li></ul> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Rathcroghan/28VrrIgP">Rathcroghan</a> (<a href="/facts/Irish_language/Kw97s2l4">Irish</a>: <i>Rath Cruachán</i>), near <a href="/facts/Tulsk/VBsXIUuy">Tulsk</a>, a complex of archaeological sites, the home of <a href="/facts/Queen_regnant/LKL3KQdf">Queen</a> <a href="/facts/Medb/YjRUzS3f">Medb</a> (<a href="/facts/Irish_language/Kw97s2l4">Irish</a>: <i>Méadhbh</i>, anglicised Maeve), was the seat of Kings of Connacht and then to the High Kings of Ireland. This was the starting point of the <i><a href="/facts/T%C3%A1in_B%C3%B3_C%C3%BAailnge/1Iq4Llmp">Táin Bó Cúailnge</a></i>, or Cattle Raid of Cooley, an epic tale in <a href="/facts/Irish_mythology/uXqwtMP9">Irish mythology</a>. The county is home to prehistoric <a href="/facts/Ringforts/4xmBeWxd">ringforts</a> such as <a href="/facts/Carnagh_West_Ringfort/w8dBnmhY">Carnagh West Ringfort</a> and <a href="/facts/Drummin_fort/gHsQJQ9H">Drummin fort</a>. </p><p>County Roscommon as an administrative division has its roots in the Middle Ages. With the conquest and division of the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Connacht/62znNeRG">Kingdom of Connacht</a>, those districts in the east retained by <a href="/facts/John,_King_of_England/rbK8e7mP">King John</a> as "The King's <a href="/facts/Cantred/aw7CzdrB">Cantreds</a>" covered County Roscommon, and parts of East <a href="/facts/County_Galway/pRPYJqvI">Galway</a>. These districts were leased to the native kings of Connacht and eventually became the county. In 1585 during the Tudor re-establishment of counties under the <a href="/facts/Composition_of_Connacht/I70lp3x3">Composition of Connacht</a>, Roscommon was established with the South-west boundary now alongside the <a href="/facts/River_Suck/o9tGYBRU">River Suck</a>. </p> <h3>Medieval art</h3> <p>A "well defined" and "original" fine metal workshop was active in County Roscommon in the 12th century. The <a href="/facts/Cross_of_Cong/2LadVzKx">Cross of Cong</a>, <a href="/facts/Aghadoe_Cathedral/TwUQd5JV">the Aghadoe crosier</a>, Shrine of the <a href="/facts/Book_of_Dimma/eHwwqUC3">Book of Dimma</a> and <a href="/facts/Shrine_of_Manchan/58Me4TKq">Shrine of Manchan of Mohill</a>' are grouped together as having been created by <i>Mael Isu Bratain Ui Echach</i> et al., at the same Roscommon workshop.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The workshop has been linked to <a href="/facts/Assicus/EKk0P71X">St. Assicus</a> of Elphin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h3>Ordnance Survey</h3> <p><a href="/facts/John_O%27Donovan_(scholar)/xmhLbfrn">John O'Donovan</a> (1806–1861), historian and scholar, visited County Roscommon in 1837, while compiling information for the <a href="/facts/Ordnance_Survey/syLosef7">Ordnance Survey</a>. Entering St Peter's parish in Athlone in June 1837, he wrote, "I have now entered upon a region totally different from Longford, and am very much pleased with the intelligence of the people." However, he had major problems with place-names. He later wrote, "I am sick to death's door of lochawns, and it pains me to the very soul to have to make these remarks, but what can I do when I cannot make the usual progress? Here I am stuck in the mud in the middle of Loughs, Turlaghs, Lahaghs and Curraghs, the names of many of which are only known to a few old men in their immediate neighbourhood and I cannot give many of them utterance from the manner in which they are spelled."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="places-of-interest">Places of interest</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_National_Monuments_in_County_Roscommon/YbAXr6J3">List of National Monuments in County Roscommon</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Arigna_Mining_Experience/zV5tCxj9">Arigna Mining Experience</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Boyle_Abbey/uY1nTTys">Boyle Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clonalis_House/zqxn8UIS">Clonalis House</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elphin_Windmill/hJ3BGKgR">Elphin Windmill</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lough_Key_Forest_Park/yMBPxoUd">Lough Key Forest Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/McDermott%27s_Castle/Ws1fGzzn">McDermott's Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Meehambee_Dolmen/R56vVejf">Meehambee Dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Famine_Museum/jBCrFaoj">National Famine Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rathcroghan/28VrrIgP">Rathcroghan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Roscommon_County_Museum/mm5uPVTb">Roscommon County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Strokestown_Park/nNxTz9q6">Strokestown Park</a></li></ul> <h2 id="government-and-politics">Government and politics</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Roscommon_County_Council/2B7vxH2U">Roscommon County Council</a></p> <p>Roscommon is governed locally by the 18-member <a href="/facts/Roscommon_County_Council/2B7vxH2U">Roscommon County Council</a>, a body created under the <a href="/facts/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898/8lMu1p8q">Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898</a>. </p><p>The 1898 Act also divided the county into the rural districts of Athlone No. 2, Ballinasloe No. 2, Boyle No. 1, Carrick-on-Shannon No. 2, Castlerea, Roscommon, and Strokestown.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> The rural districts were abolished in 1925.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Boyle,_County_Roscommon/oJAIdcJQ">Boyle</a> and <a href="/facts/Roscommon/GHX7ALfG">Roscommon</a> were administered locally by <a href="/facts/Town_commissioners/UrR3MK5X">town commissioners</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Roscommon town commissioners were abolished in 1927. After becoming a <a href="/facts/Town_council_(Ireland)/wHErNatt">town council</a> in 2002,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> in common with all other town councils in Ireland, Boyle Town Council was abolished under the <a href="/facts/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014/eaY1YjkU">Local Government Reform Act 2014</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>For general elections, Roscommon is completely within the three-seat <a href="/facts/D%C3%A1il_constituency/xf5okLvV">Dáil constituency</a> of <a href="/facts/Roscommon%E2%80%93Galway_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)/Kbn8sjvl">Roscommon–Galway</a>. For European elections, the county is part of the <a href="/facts/Midlands%E2%80%93North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)/QTwjax9G">Midlands–North-West</a> constituency. </p> <h2 id="rail-transport">Rail transport</h2> <p>There are railway stations located in <a href="/facts/Boyle,_County_Roscommon/oJAIdcJQ">Boyle</a> (Dublin–Sligo line), <a href="/facts/Carrick-on-Shannon/62uTk33x">Carrick-on-Shannon</a> (Dublin–Sligo line), <a href="/facts/Roscommon/GHX7ALfG">Roscommon</a> (Dublin–Westport line), <a href="/facts/Castlerea/rW44VM36">Castlerea</a> (Dublin-Westport line), <a href="/facts/Ballinasloe/asyc8DsH">Ballinasloe</a> (Dublin-Galway line) and <a href="/facts/Athlone/0RGrqSKP">Athlone</a> (Dublin–Galway and Dublin–Westport lines). </p> <h2 id="sport">Sport</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Gaelic_football/gWt04Y39">Gaelic football</a> is the dominant sport in Roscommon. Roscommon won the <a href="/facts/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship/Bqq8pPRw">All-Ireland Senior Football Championships</a> in 1943 and 1944 and the <a href="/facts/National_Football_League_(Ireland)/pKd1lDvH">National Football League</a> <a href="/facts/National_Football_League_(Ireland)/pKd1lDvH">Division 1</a> in 1979, as well as <a href="/facts/2015_National_Football_League_(Ireland)/RlujVXzn">Division 2</a> in 2015 and 2018. Roscommon have captured the <a href="/facts/Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship/xsHkH90a">Connacht Senior Football Championship</a> on 23 occasions, the most recent being in 2019. In March 2025 Roscommon won back promotion to Division 1<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a>. </p><p>Roscommon's main <a href="/facts/Hurling/bcw8et4G">hurling</a> title was the 2007 <a href="/facts/Nicky_Rackard_Cup/La87H1kV">Nicky Rackard Cup</a>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Soccer/yttjeD0D">Soccer</a> and <a href="/facts/Rugby_football/za6wv6kW">rugby</a> are also popular sports in the county. </p> <h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:People from County Roscommon</p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Charles_O%27Conor_(historian)/4XF7U12N">Charles O'Conor</a> (1710–1791), historian and antiquarian of the O'Conor Don family</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthew_O%27Conor/h3ur4Gjr">Matthew O'Conor</a> Don (1773–1844) historian born in <a href="/facts/Ballinagare/KzzI6mXc">Ballinagare</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arthur_French,_1st_Baron_de_Freyne/cuN76472">Arthur French, 1st Baron de Freyne</a> (1786–1856), Member of Parliament and landlord of <a href="/facts/Frenchpark/mQrhhlFq">Frenchpark</a> House</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sir_John_Scott_Lillie/b4jBF21H">Sir John Scott Lillie</a> (1790–1868) <a href="/facts/Companion_of_The_Most_Honourable_Order_of_the_Bath/as761RvN">CB</a>, decorated <a href="/facts/Peninsular_War/7llD0qku">Peninsular War</a> veteran, inventor and political activist in England</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Curley_(astronomer)/WSJNsW4r">James Curley</a> (1796–1889), Jesuit and astronomer, born in <a href="/facts/Athleague/sxvwyHu8">Athleague</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Wilde/Sg8Cc3yc">William Wilde</a> (1815–1876), surgeon, innovator and father of <a href="/facts/Oscar_Wilde/fRCAnvGk">Oscar Wilde</a>, born in <a href="/facts/Castlerea/rW44VM36">Castlerea</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Dockry/Icfhg2hk">Michael Dockry</a> (born 1817), member of the <a href="/facts/Wisconsin_State_Assembly/bVJ9jB6m">Wisconsin State Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Curley_(Wisconsin_general)/gC92R7Yt">Thomas Curley</a> (1825–1904), American Civil War colonel, farmer and <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a> legislator, born in <a href="/facts/Athleague/sxvwyHu8">Tremane, near Athleague</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_G._Downey/96Lehyzc">John Gately Downey</a> (24 June 1827 – 1 March 1894), <a href="/facts/List_of_Governors_of_California/bucr9bL2">seventh</a> <a href="/facts/Governor_of_California/JnCErYuU">governor of California</a> from 14 January 1860 to 10 January 1862</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Gore-Browne/PYA2aIf7">Henry Gore-Browne</a> (1830–1912), <a href="/facts/Victoria_Cross/abfXKEQl">Victoria Cross</a> recipient, born in Newtown</li> <li><a href="/facts/Luke_O%27Connor/TV1EMd3K">Luke O'Connor</a> (1831–1915), first soldier to receive the <a href="/facts/Victoria_Cross/abfXKEQl">Victoria Cross</a>, born in Hillstreet, near <a href="/facts/Elphin,_County_Roscommon/YmlHLbjA">Elphin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Fitzgibbon_(politician)/In95GfBa">John Fitzgibbon</a> (1845–1919), Member of Parliament</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Griffiths_(VC)/f3HNr3D1">William Griffiths</a> (1841–1879), recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in County Roscommon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Percy_French/DD8Aouwj">Percy French</a> (1854–1920), born in <a href="/facts/Tulsk/VBsXIUuy">Tulsk</a>, was a foremost songwriter and entertainer, and water-colour painter</li> <li>Sir <a href="/facts/Owen_Edward_Pennefather_Lloyd/CrseQehS">Owen Lloyd</a> (1854–1941), recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in County Roscommon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Heazle_Parke/DqTs4UGr">Thomas Heazle Parke</a> (1857–1893, explorer and naturalist, born at Clogher House, Kilmore</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charlotte_O%27Conor_Eccles/MRJt7zep">Charlotte O'Conor Eccles</a> (1860–1911) writer, journalist and translator born in the county</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roderic_O%27Conor/eDYzl6Iv">Roderic O'Conor</a> (1860–1940), <a href="/facts/Impressionist/dc54l9eS">impressionist</a> artist of the O'Conor Don Family</li> <li><a href="/facts/Douglas_Hyde/1NY08lDy">Douglas Hyde</a> (1860–1949), scholar of the Irish language, first <a href="/facts/President_of_Ireland/y3Bd9wm8">President of Ireland</a> (1938–45), founder of the <a href="/facts/Conradh_na_Gaeilge/l1AlevMn">Gaelic League</a> during the Revival of the late 19th – early 20th century, born in Castlerea and buried in the Hyde Museum, <a href="/facts/Frenchpark/mQrhhlFq">Frenchpark</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Margaret_Cousins/zJrRhdPs">Margaret Cousins</a> (née Gillespie, 1878–1954), educationist and suffragist in India, born in <a href="/facts/Boyle,_County_Roscommon/oJAIdcJQ">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_J._Flanagan/09TJouFm">Edward Flanagan</a> (1886–1948), priest and founder of the orphanage <a href="/facts/Boys_Town_(organization)/Qwo1tYHh">Boys Town</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maureen_O%27Sullivan/lPrCtgdb">Maureen O'Sullivan</a> (1911–1998), Ireland's first international movie star, born in Boyle</li> <li><a href="/facts/M%C3%A1ire_McDonnell-Garvey/Hyxwg8qb">Máire McDonnell-Garvey</a> (1927–2009), Traditional Irish musician born in Tobracken near <a href="/facts/Ballaghaderreen/E9AR02hD">Ballaghaderreen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_O%27Doherty/pWXP8sHE">Brian O'Doherty</a> (1928-2022), artist and <a href="/facts/Art_critic/MUslJQjy">art critic</a> in New York City, born in <a href="/facts/Ballaghaderreen/E9AR02hD">Ballaghaderreen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Albert_Reynolds/GWCYCHsW">Albert Reynolds</a> (1932–2014), <a href="/facts/Taoiseach/UQjrpjCn">Taoiseach</a>, born in <a href="/facts/Rooskey/IPR6NvUg">Rooskey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nuala_Quinn-Barton/kznkBNgU">Nuala Quinn-Barton</a> (born 1952), US film producer, artist and model brought up at Killerr, <a href="/facts/Ballintober,_County_Roscommon/APPEwvts">Ballintober</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_Leyden/YWmkgb1p">Brian Leyden</a> (born 1960), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and documentarian of <a href="/facts/Arigna/Evpggq8T">Arigna</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Luke_%27Ming%27_Flanagan/y5JCYrNc">Luke 'Ming' Flanagan</a> (born 1972), politician and MEP born in Roscommon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chris_O%27Dowd/uVP5dsaM">Chris O'Dowd</a> (born 1979), actor and comedian, born in Boyle</li> <li><a href="/facts/Seamus_O%27Neill_(Gaelic_footballer)/xFzdPCHf">Seamus O'Neill</a> (born 1982 or 1983), Gaelic footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernard_J._D._Irwin/U6Nq4RWu">Bernard J.D Irwin</a> 1st Recipient of The <a href="/facts/Medal_of_Honor/aCKrPP3N">Medal Of Honor</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Counties_of_Ireland/dBcfyr7N">Counties of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Earl_of_Roscommon/0Vst1E0u">Earl of Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/High_Sheriff_of_Roscommon/jhyam2KE">High Sheriff of Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_monastic_houses_in_Ireland/ybSvpSS7">List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Roscommon)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Roscommon/pYys94m0">Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon</a></li></ul> <h3>Secondary references</h3> <ul><li>Ó Floinn, Raghnall (1987). Michael Ryan (ed.). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YMLpAAAAMAAJ"><i>In Ireland and Insular Art A.D. 500–1200: Proceedings of a Conference at University College Cork, 31 October–3 November 1985</i></a> (Schools of Metalworking in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Ireland ed.). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, International Specialized Book Service Incorporated. pp. 179–187. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780901714541.</li> <li>Hourihane, Colum (2012). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA225"><i>The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture</i></a>. Vol. 2. OUP USA. p. 225. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780195395365. Retrieved 12 October 2016.</li> <li>Edwards, Nancy (2013). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DuWF1fa8fA4C&pg=PA147"><i>The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland</i></a>. Routledge. p. 147. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781135951498. Retrieved 10 October 2016.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Catherine_Karkov/9u6zKWGR">Karkov, Catherine E.</a>; Ryan, Michael; Farrell, Robert T. (1997). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=s_nTRyEtsAwC&pg=PA269"><i>The Insular Tradition: Theory and Practice in Transpersonal Psychotherapy</i></a>. SUNY Press. p. 269. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780791434567. Retrieved 10 October 2016.</li> <li>Kelly, J. J. (1902). <a href="https://archive.org/download/IrishEcclesiasticalRecordV11-1902/IrishEcclesiasticalRecordV11-1902.pdf#page=291">"The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, A monthly journal, under Episcopal Sanction"</a> (PDF) (Volume 11 XI ed.). Dublin: Browne & Nolan, Limited, Nassau-Street: 291–292. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220223044912/https://archive.org/download/IrishEcclesiasticalRecordV11-1902/IrishEcclesiasticalRecordV11-1902.pdf">Archived</a> (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2022. 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