Roscommon

Ireland
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Also known as: Ros Comáin
Irish:
Ros Comáin

Roscommon, market and county town (seat), County Roscommon, Ireland, lying northwest of Dublin. A monastery and school were established on the site in the 7th century by St. Coman. In the town and its environs are the remains of a Dominican abbey founded in 1253 by Felim O’Connor, king of Connacht, and a Norman castle built in 1269 by the justiciar of Ireland. The modern Roman Catholic church is noted for its mosaics and stained-glass windows. A royal charter of 1282 gave to the prior of St. Coman’s Abbey the right to hold a weekly (Saturday) market, which continues to ...(100 of 152 words)