SRH 7. St. Coman's Graveyard
Location: 53.62912, -8.19103 For a site associated with St Coman (c. 750 AD) there are scant remains of ancient buildings, but some important pieces of sculpture from the Irish Romanesque (1000-...
4 Apr 20221min
SRH 6. Sacred Heart Church
Location: 53.62825, -8.19378 Park on road. The foundation stone was laid on St. Patrick's Day 1897 on land given by the Sisters of Mercy. It was barely 50 years after the famine and Roscommon to...
4 Apr 20223min
SRH 5. Roscommon Abbey
Location: 53.62504, -8.19315 Also known as the Friary. Founded over 750 years ago by Felim O'Conor who was buried there in 1265. His effigy in the chancel dates from around 1300 and also has eigh...
4 Apr 202244s
SRH 4. Mote Park Lion
Location: 53.58971, -8.1425 There is no formal access but can be seen from the road. Entrance gate to former Mote Park demesne, c. 1800, consisting of a Doric triumphal arch surmounted by a lion with...
4 Apr 20221min
SRH. 3. Knockcroghery Claypipe Centre
Location: 53.57631, -8.09566 The village of Knockcroghery in South Roscommon has been famous for almost 300 years for its clay pipes. In the late 1800s, virtually the entire village was involved ...
4 Apr 20221min
SRH 2. Breheny's Ringfort
Location: 53.55869, -8.116 Please note this site has no formal public access, but can be seen from road. Park in bay beside house. A ringfort is an early medieval farmstead enclosed by a cir...
4 Apr 202235s
SRH 1. Scregg Megalithic Tomb
Location: 53.54772, -8.11187 Known locally as ‘The Cloghogle' this site has no formal public access but can easily be seen from road. This spectacular burial tomb has a large capstone with some grass...
4 Apr 202243s
BW 20 The Boyles of Lismore
Direction: South west over the N72 blackwater bridge Location: Lismore, Co. Waterford Coordinates: 52.141127, -7.93067 Richard Boyle came to Ireland from England in 1588 with only twenty-seven pounds...
1 Dec 20211min
