Historic places in County Roscommon
The Discover Alone map has 1,370 historic places in County Roscommon, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Wall monument in FarnbegWall monumentOn a level landscape c. 220m SSW of Strokestown House (RO029-025002*) and within the mausoleum (RO028-024001-), against…
W.J. SloanhouseEnd-of-terrace five-bay three-storey house, built c.1850, with a hardware store to ground floor. Two-storey return to…
Urney ChurchChurchThe parish church of Kildalog, listed as Kildlog in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol.…
Ulster Bankbank/financial institutionDetached four-bay three-storey bank, built c.1870, with return and extensions to rear and abutting garage to north.…
Tully LodgehouseDetached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1814, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay two-storey gabled projecting…
Trinity Church (Kilkeevin)church/chapelDetached cruciform gable-fronted former Church of Ireland church, built in 1819, with two-bay nave, transepts, vestry…
Tober PatrickChurchMarked as a holy well only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on the NE-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin…
Thomastown ChurchChurchSituated on a fairly level landscape. This is a chapel-of ease to the parish church of Drum (RO051-065001-). The church…
The Vicaragerectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's houseDetached three-bay two-storey over raised basement former rectory, built c.1820, now in domestic use. Central advanced…
The ThatchhouseDetached six-bay single-storey house, built c.1820, with disused pubfront. Pitched thatched roof with rendered…
The Shamblesmarket placeTriple-arched limestone entrance gate to 'The Shambles' market yard, built in 1826. Tooled stone wall with pilasters…
The RoyalcinemaDetached single-bay (nine-bay deep) double-height gable-fronted cinema, designed 1947; opened 1948, on a rectangular…
The Old SchoolhouseschoolDetached three-bay single-storey former school, built c.1857, with gabled entrance porches projecting from rear angles.…
The Old Rectoryrectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's houseDetached three-bay two-storey over basement Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, built 1828, on a…
The Old Rectoryrectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's houseDetached three-bay two-storey Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, dated 1805; built 1807, with…
The Old Millmill (water)Former corn mill complex on the River Suck, built c.1725, now derelict. Comprising east-west running range, mill race…
The Old Bridewellprison/jailDetached four-bay two-storey former prison, built c.1820, now in use as a house, with 1940s garage to front. Hipped…
The MansemanseDetached three-bay two-storey former Presbyterian manse, built c.1860, now in use as a guest house and restaurant, with…
The LodgehouseDetached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with extension to south, no longer in use. Hipped slate roof with…
The Gleberectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's houseDetached three-bay two-storey over basement former glebe house, built in 1814, with central bow to front elevation…
The Bawndemesne walls/gates/railingsPedimented triple-arch random coursed stone entrance gate, erected c.1780, affording access to Cootehall House.…
The AbbeyhouseDetached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, now in use as a hotel, with advanced two-bay tower with entrance and…
TemplenadrineyChurchOn a terrace of rock-outcrop, and probably an early ecclesiastical site. Visible in 1995 as a D-shaped grass-covered…
Templekillian (in Ruins)ChurchOn a shelf at the bottom of a gentle SW-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge and c. 50m from a NW-SE stream. This is a…
Sunny Side HousehouseEnd-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron…
Strokestown Park Housewalled gardenOrnamental walled garden, laid out c.1730, with walled vegetable garden to south and mausoleum to west. Brick and…
Strokestown Park HousestablesComplex of outbuildings and stables comprising five ranges of two-storey and single-storey structures, built c.1730 to…
Strokestown Park Housegate lodgeGates and gate lodge of Strokestown Park, built c.1790, comprising castellated gate and gate lodge. Roughcast-rendered…
Strokestown Courthousecourt houseDetached two-bay two-storey former courthouse and bridewell, built c.1830 and rebuilt after fire c.1920, flanked by…
St Barrys ChurchChurchOn a gentle W and SW-facing slope. This is an early ecclesiastical site. Traditionally St Barry commenced the building…
Smith Hill Housecountry houseDetached three-bay two-storey country house, later used as rectory, built c.1790, with return to rear. Now in use as…
SheehanhouseTerraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with shopfront of c. 1930 to ground floor, rear return and…
Shannonbridge BatteryfortificationTete-de-pont with glacis, redoubts and caponniere, constructed in 1810, with barracks added in 1814. Completed in 1817.…
Shannon BridgebridgeSixteen-arch road bridge, completed in 1757, spanning the River Shannon. Concrete fixed span added to east end in 1983.…
Scregg Housecountry houseDetached five-bay three-storey over part raised basement country house, dated 1769, on a rectangular plan. For sale…
Scartown Housefarm houseDetached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1700, with projecting gable-fronted central entrance bay to front…
Saint Thomas's Church (Kilronan)church/chapelDetached Church of Ireland church, built c.1790 with a loan from the Board of First Fruits. Now disused, although…
Saint Paul's Church (Kiltoom)church/chapelDetached Church of Ireland church, built c.1850, with five-bay nave, entrance porch, vestry and bow-ended chancel with…
Saint Patrick's National SchoolschoolDetached four-bay single-storey former national school, built c.1900, with entrance porch to rear elevation providing…
Saint Patrick's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached cruciform gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1896. Comprising nave, transepts, side aisles with…
Saint Patrick's Catholic Churchpresbytery/parochial/curate's houseDetached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built c.1900, with flat-roofed block to rear. Hipped slate roof with…
Saint Patrick's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built c.1870, with seven-bay nave. Lean-to side aisle to north fronted by…
Saint Patrick's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built in 1894, with four-stage tower to north elevation, sacristy to west and…
Saint Patrick's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached six-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1842; reconstructed 1942-3, on a cruciform plan comprising…
Saint Nathy'scountry houseDetached four-bay two and three-storey former country house, built 1864, to designs of architect John McCurdy in High…
Saint Nathy's CollegebarracksSt. Nathy's complex, comprises a school, former barracks and gate lodge. Now used as a school. Detached fourteen-bay…
Saint Michael's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached cruciform gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built c.1880, with three-stage tower, transepts to three-bay…
Saint Mary's Conventconvent/nunneryGothic Revival convent complex, built in 1876 to a design by J.J. O' Callaghan, comprising four-bay two-storey convent…
Saint Mary's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached Roman Catholic church, built c.1860, with round tower added c.1910 to a design by William Scott. Four-bay nave…
Saint Joseph's Catholic Churchpresbytery/parochial/curate's houseDetached three-bay two-storey two-pile parochial house, built c.1870, with single-storey L-plan return to rear. Pitched…
Saint Joseph's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached circular-plan stone-clad Roman Catholic church built in 1980. Comprising nave with domed roof, partially…
Saint Joseph's Catholic Churchgraveyard/cemeteryRoman Catholic graveyard with ruin of former church, established 1798 and extended to the west at a later date. Belfry…
Saint Joseph's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached Roman Catholic church, built 1857, with castellated two-stage tower to west, sacristy to east and three-bay…
Saint John's Church (Bumlin)church/chapelDetached cruciform Church of Ireland Church, built in 1820, with octagonal nave, three-stage entrance tower with spire…
Saint Coman's ClubhouseDetached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with canted bays to façade and extension to rear. Hipped re-slated…
Saint Coman's Church (Roscommon)church/chapelDetached Church of Ireland church, built 1775 with earlier fabric, comprising three-bay nave, transept to south, vestry…
Saint Coman's Cemeterygraveyard/cemeteryRoman Catholic cemetery, established 1912, with upright and recumbent grave markers of varying materials and designs…
Saint Catherine's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached T-plan Roman Catholic church, built c.1860, with entrance porch and sacristy to rear. Pitched slate roof with…
Saint Bride's Catholic Churchchurch/chapelDetached cruciform gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1898 and renovated in 1997. Comprising six-bay nave…
Saint Beaidh's Church (Ardcarne)church/chapelDetached cruciform Church of Ireland church, built c.1790, with two-bay nave, single-bay transepts, half-octagonal apse…