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County Roscommon
"Roscommon, a county of Ireland, province of Connaught, bounded E by Longford and Westmeath, S by Galway, W by Mayo, N by Sligo, and NE by Leitrim, 50 English m. long, and 37 broad. It is a flat open coutry, in some places sprinkled with rocks, in many interrupted by extensive bogs, and but little diversified by hills. The Shannon divides it from Longford and Westmeath, and the Suck from Galway. It has excellent pastures. Pop. 207,777."
[From The New London Gazetteer (1826)]
Genealogy
General:
- Irish Times - Roscommon Genealogical Resources - an excellent guide
- Roscommon - Fianna's county page
- The Leitrim-Roscommon Home Page
- WorldGenWeb - Roscommon Queries
- The Leitrim-Roscommon Surnames List
- The Leitrim-Roscommon Townland search engine - an extensive and very useful database
- County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Society
Farrell, Noel. Roscommon Town. (In the "Exploring Family Origins" Series.). Noel Farrell, Park Road, Longford, Ireland (1998).
Land and Property
- Searchable database of Griffiths Valuation for Leitrim and Roscommon
The Leitrim-Roscommon Home Page provides the following maps:
- Locations of catholic parishes
- Locations of civil parishes
- Locations of poor law unions
- Locations of baronies
- Townlands in the Catholic Parish of Ballintubber
- Townlands in the Catholic Parish of Fairymount
- Townlands in the Catholic Parish of Frenchpark
- Townlands in the Catholic Parish of Loughglynn
- Townlands in the Catholic Parish of Tulsk
- Townlands in the Civil Parish of Moore
Periodicals
From Fianna:
Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society Journal (annual)
Mr. M. Kelly, Hon. Secretary, Ederaun, Elphin, Co. Roscommon
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