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	Address: Co. Roscommon Roscommon Castle is located just outside Roscommon town. Roscommon Castle was build by Robert de Ufford in the year 1269.
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Land Area: 2,547 km (983 mi)

County Town: Roscommon

Code: RN

Population: 53,774 (2002)

Province: Connacht

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Keenan’s Pub is set at the side of the River Shannon. This handsome pub and restaurant is beautifully laid out with plush seating and well-spaced tables all round. It has a fine beer garden and offers a comprehensive menu and you can’t help but be impressed by the delicious dishes prepared here. Whether youre a local or a visitor, a child or music lover, everyone is well looked after and the bar has lots of character. This is definitely a place worth finding!!! The Tatler Inn is located on the main street of this attractive county town, it has an authentic traditional Irish feel to it, with lots of wood paneling and vintage settles. There’s also a welcoming bar, with live music every weekend. The award winning Weir Lodge bar and restaurant is situated in Rooskey overlooking the busy Shannon-side dock. The premises comprise of a bar-lounge, fishermans restaurant and large entertainment lounge with live bands and top cabaret acts performing here during the summer. Their friendly staff, great entertainment, top class service make it a cut above the rest and well worth stopping off at. Experience the Connaughtons as you find yourself enjoying the company with the locals in this delightful old shrine. It is a well laid out country pub, comfortable & well furnished giving it a warm ambience. Over the years, Connaughtons has become an extremely popular place with both the locals & tourists stopping by. Definitely well worth a visit.

No trip to Roscommon (Hotels, Roscommon, Ireland) will be complete until you try one of its welcoming pubs.

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The Chief Towns in Co Roscommon are Strokestown, Boyle, Elphin, Loughlynn, Ballaghadereen, Castlerea and Knockcroghery.

Some popular surnames in County Roscommon (Accommodation, Roscommon, Ireland) are Hanley, Beirne, Kelly, Brennan, Connor, Flynn, Cox, McDermott, Brady and Farrell.

The fragile subsistence of the people was shattered by the Famine; in the ten years from 1841 to 1851, the population fell by almost a third, the largest single fall of any county in Ireland, and has continued to fall. Today around 55,000 people live in Roscommon (Self Catering, Roscommon, Ireland) which is a drop of 80% from 1841. The chief destinations were the English Midlands including Manchester, the United States of America and Australia

County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Society, Church Street, Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland

The County Roscommon (Bed and Breakfasts, Roscommon, Ireland) Heritage and Genealogy Society is the designated Irish Family History Foundation Centre serving County Roscommon. A full service is offered to enquirers. The County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Society have access to over one million genealogical records relating to the county.

The main records include:

Roman Catholic records in County Roscommon, which commences between 1789 and 1865 depending on the parish.

Church of Ireland (Anglican/Episcopalian) commences between 1796 and 1877 depending on the parish.

Records of Presbyterian congregations start between 1857 and 1861.

Methodist records start in the early 1840s.

The County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Society has also computerised:

Griffith’s General Valuation

Tithe Applotment Books

A list of ‘40 Shilling Freeholders’ for 1876

Pakenham-Mahon Eviction Lists from 1847

RIC (Royal Irish Constablary) records

The earliest Census is available (which covers a large part of Co. Roscommon) dates from 1749.

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