The County Roscommon is an inland county in the province of Connacht. The economy like many other counties around is agriculture – mostly cattle. The plains of Roscommon were the heart of ancient Ireland. The legendary Queen Maeve lived in these lands with her consort Ailill. From these lands she launched her cattle raid on Cooley in County Louth.
The history of these lands did not stop there: the Normans built castles in many Roscommon towns. The great Cistercian abbey in Boyle resides here; built between 1161 and 1220. Roscommon was badly affected by the Famine of the 1840s, and so hosts a Famine Museum in Stokestown in dedication of those troubling times.
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