Roscommon Dominican Friary

The Dominican friary of Roscommon abbey was founded by king of Connaught, Felimid Ó Conchobair, in 1252. As is typical of a financially thriving abbey it was raided and burned in 1260 and 1270. It is also the resting place of Felimid Ó Conchobair, who died 1265 and whose stone carved effigy is one of two surviving royal Irish effigies of this period. By the mid-15th century the abbey had fallen...