Roscommon takes its name from Ros Comáin, after the monastery of St Comán, but its deeper history reaches back further still, to Rathcroghan, the royal seat of Connacht.
Contae Ros Comáin · The Sheepstealers · Connacht
Roscommon takes its name from Ros Comáin, after the monastery of St Comán, but its deeper history reaches back further still, to Rathcroghan, the royal seat of Connacht.
This is Cruachan of the old tales, home of Queen Medb, whose quarrel with her husband over cattle set in motion the Táin Bó Cúailnge, the great cattle raid that stands at the centre of Irish mythology.
