- Roscommon’s Rathcroghan, a 5,000-year-old archaeological site, includes 240 monuments and is linked to the ancient epic Táin Bó Cúailnge.
- The county’s Boyle Abbey, founded in 1161, is a Cistercian monastery with a rare 12th-century nave supported by carved stone arches.
- Lough Key, a 10-kilometre lake, contains 32 islands, one with a 19th-century castle built by the King-Harman family.
- Roscommon’s Drumanone Dolmen, a 4,500-year-old portal tomb, has a 15-tonne capstone balanced on upright stones near Boyle.
- The village of Tulsk hosts Ireland’s only dedicated comic book museum, showcasing rare Irish comics from the 1940s onwards.
- Roscommon’s Castlerea Prison, built in 1827, is Ireland’s smallest, with a capacity for fewer than 50 inmates.
- The county’s Strokestown Park House, an 18th-century mansion, preserves a famine archive documenting the 1840s Great Hunger.
- Roscommon’s Arigna Mines, closed in 1990, offer tours through 400-year-old coal tunnels, the last working mines in Connacht.
- The town of Ballaghaderreen has a 1930s cinema, the Cosy, still operating with its original Art Deco interior intact.
- Roscommon’s Clonalis House, built in 1878, holds the O’Conor Don harp, a 17th-century instrument linked to Ireland’s last High Kings.
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County Roscommon:
Ireland’s county Roscommon combines historic sites with tranquil landscapes, with Roscommon Castle’s imposing ruins offering a glimpse into medieval Ireland. Lough Key Forest Park provides boating and treetop canopy walks, while the Arigna Mining Experience explores the county’s industrial past. Other attractions include the sacred site of Rathcroghan, linked to ancient mythology. Roscommon is Ireland’s 11th largest county by size (2,463 square km) and eighth smallest by population (70,259). Population peaked at 253,591 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 53,519 in 1971. In terms of hospitality, Roscommon is Ireland’s 31st most visited and Ireland’s second least visited tourist county with around 25,000 international visitors per year.
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