County Roscommon - Definition and Overview

County Roscommon
Area:	2,547 km²
Capital:	Roscommon
Code:	RN
Population:	53,774 (2002)
Province:	Connacht

County Roscommon (Ros Comáin in Irish) is a county located in central Ireland. Area: 2547 km² (983 square miles). Roscommon is in the province of Connacht.

Roscommon is also the name of the county town. Athlone on the River Shannon -- which lies partly in Roscommon and partly in County Westmeath (in the neighbouring province of Leinster) -- is considered to be Ireland's most central town.

Towns:

• Athlone
• Ballaghaderreen
• Boyle
• Castlerea
• Strokestown

External links

• Official county website (http://www.countyroscommon.com/)

	Traditional counties of Ireland
Connacht: Galway | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork | Kerry | Limerick | Tipperary | Waterford
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
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