This lough is in Roscommon. It is 72 feet deep and has 32 islands. There is a fantastic forest park on the shores spanning 865 acres. It is a great spot for hiking and worth a visit on any tours of Ireland. The lake and its environs were once...
Southwest of Roscommon to Galway via the demesne of Mount Bellew (landscaped by Hely Dutton; mansion demolished), shortly passing the battlefield of Knockdoe, where in August 1504 Gerald Fitzgerald, the Great Earl of Kildare, defeated his son-in-law Ulick de Burgh. Abbey Knockmoy was founded for...
Roscommon is an old wool-town, deriving its name (Coman’s wood) from a monastery founded here by St. Coman in 746. The most conspicuous building is the huge Roscommon Castle, immediately north of the town, to the left of the road. It was erected by Sir Robert...
Ireland’s last hung woman , ‘Lady Betty’ , worked at the jail which still stands in the town centre. She had her own death sentence withdrawn on condition that she carried out all the public hangings without payment. Roscommon Castle , located off Castle Street ,...
The area broadly known as the Midlands of Ireland encompasses the former Ulster counties of Cavan and Monaghan, plus Roscommon, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois (the latter pronounced 'leash'). The northern part of this region is also known as Ireland's Lakeland, and is dotted with many...
This sounds almost a romantic notion of Ireland but the "Lakes" are well worth visiting. These smallish, watery counties - Cavan and Monaghan near the Northern Ireland border, and Westmeath, Laois, Offaly, Roscommon and Longford - form the geographical heart of Ireland, yet are usually portrayed...