History & Heritage

Roscommon Museum

Located in the Square opposite Bank of Ireland and is also called Harrison memorial Hall and originally was the Presbyterian Church. Many exhibits of the towns and counties past are on display there. Items include a ninth century inscribed slab from St. Coman’s foundation, Church Street, Roscommon; a dugout canoe; portrayals of Castle; Dominican Priory and Old Jail histories, with numerous other items that help to illustrate Roscommon’s past from the dawn of history. Next door to the Museum (Regans Pub) is what was once Mitchell’s Hotel and from where Charles Parnell made one of his last speeches from a window there in 1891. The other building next door (Gleesons Guest House & Restaurant) use to be the Manse to the Presbyterian Church.

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