Roscommon Castle

Roscommon derives from the Irish Ros Comáin, meaning the wood or wooded height of Comán, named after the saint Comán mac Faelchon who established a monastic community there in the 8th century. The castle itself represents a critical moment in Anglo-Norman expansion into Connacht. Robert de Ufford, Justiciar of Ireland for King Henry III, selected the site in 1262 to construct a royal fortress ...