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<\/a>Roscommon Town, Pigot’s Directory 1824 (1)<\/p><\/div>\n
The improvements made within the last few years, have been very considerable. The public buildings are the church, which is a neat edifice, a Catholic chapel, a handsome new gaol erected in 1819, an asylum for lunatics, and the old court house; but as the latter is not sufficiently convenient for the transaction of business, an extensive new court house is now building, contiguous to the new gaol, and when completed will be a handsome structure and very ornamental to the town.<\/p>\n
The castle of Roscommon, now in ruins, was begun to be built in 1268, by Sir Robert de Ufford, the chief justice. In 1277 Thomas de Clare and O’Brien Roe having contentions, the latter was taken and beheaded, yet afterwards de Clare and his partisans were obliged to give hostages to make satisfaction for O\u2019Brien\u2019s death, and to surrender the castle. In 1566 Sir Henry Sidney took this castle, which had been in the possession of rebels one hundred and forty years, and left Thomas L\u2019Estrange and twenty horsemen to garrison it. The English garrison of Roscommon in 1642, bravely defended themselves against the rebels; however it afterwards fell into the hands of the latter, and in 1652 was delivered up to Colonel Reynolds, a parliamentarian officer. On the estate of Sir Thomas Moriarty are also the remains of an old Abbey, once an establishment for Dominican friars; it is well worthy the notice of the antiquarian. The county infirmary is a modern building, erected in 1783, in which is a resident surgeon ; the present one is Mr. Thomas Lysaght. To this institution Mrs. Walcott liberally bequeathed one hundred pounds aer annum. Roscommon is the property of the
\nEarl of Essex, and is governed by his deputy seneschal in the person of Bernard Connor, esq. An extensive corn market is held on Saturday. here are two annual fairs, one on Whit-Monday and the other on the 15th of December. The population is 3359.<\/p>\n
Post Office<\/strong>, Market-place Post Master – Mr. George Stretch. The Dublin mail arrives at ten in the morning, from Athlone, and is despatched at 35 minutes past three in the afternoon. The Ballymoe, Ballyhawnis, Castlerea and Mount-Talbot mails go by horse from this office at 35 minutes past ten in the morning, and return next morning. The office is open from seven in the morning till eleven at night.<\/p>\n Roscommon Town, Pigot’s Directory 1824 (2)<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Attorneys<\/strong><\/p>\n Luke McKeoagh, Main-street Auctioneers<\/strong><\/p>\n John Conyers, Lainsboro-street Bakers<\/strong><\/p>\n Saml. Goodman, Main-street Boot and Shoe Makers<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Brown, Church-street Brewer<\/strong><\/p>\n Luke Corr, Market-place<\/p>\n Grocers<\/strong><\/p>\n Michl. Grealy, Church-street Innkeepers <\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Flynn, Castle-street Ironmongers<\/strong><\/p>\n Wm. Harrison, Main-street Leather Sellers<\/strong><\/p>\n Wm. Harrison, Main-street B. Balding, Main-street Painters and Glaziers<\/strong><\/p>\n John Fox, Lainsboro-street Physicians and Surgeons<\/strong><\/p>\n Thos. Lysaght (to the infirmary) Publicans<\/strong><\/p>\n Charles Carson, Market-place Saddlers and Harness Makers<\/strong><\/p>\n Malachy Sharkey, Main-street Tailors<\/strong><\/p>\n Patrick Callery, Castle-street Tallow Chandlers<\/strong><\/p>\n Wm. Harrison, Main-street Tanner <\/strong><\/p>\n Charles Harrison, Main-street<\/p>\n Watch Maker<\/strong><\/p>\n Peter Calcutt, Castle-street<\/p>\n Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n Patrick O\u2019Connor, tobacco manufacturer, Main-street Stamp Office<\/strong> at the Post Office O\u2019Rorke’s Car every morning at ten, from Castlerea, passes through Lainsboro to Killshee, to meet the canal packet to Dublin, and returns through Roscommon at four in the afternoon for Castlerea.<\/p>\n The nearest town, where Coaches pass through, to and from Dublin, &c. are Longford and Athlone, each 15 miles distant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roscommon – the county town of the same name, is 68 miles west of Dublin, 15 north west of Athlone, 20 south of Boyle, 11 south of Strokestown, and 14 south east of Castlerea. The improvements made within the last … Continue reading <\/a>\n\n
\n Nobility and Gentry<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Elliott Armstrong, esq. Dunamon Castle
\nJames Balfe, esq. Runimede
\nRev. Thos. Blakney, Hollywell
\nArthur Brown, esq. Lisbride
\nJohn Brown, esq. Mount-prospect
\nThos. Byrne, esq. Ballimakerly
\nRev. Oliver Carey, Hazlebrook
\nJohn Carson, esq. Castle-street
\nHenry Corr, esq. Durham
\nThos. Corr esq. Grove
\nLord Crofton, esq. Mote-park
\nAndrew Cusack, esq. Castlemine
\nPatrick Cusack, esq. Springlawn
\nMrs. Eustice, Abbeyville
\nDaniel Ferrall, esq. Beechwood
\nRev. H. Gallaher<\/td>\nRobt. Goff esq. high sheriff
\nRev. Lewis Hawkes, Briarfield
\nJohn Hurst, esq. Clover-hill
\nCharles Irwin, esq. Rocksboro
\nJohn Irwin, esq. Rocksboro
\nEdward Maypother, esq. Kilteeven
\nEdward Mills, esq. Fairy-mount
\nM.A. Mills esq. Temple
\nMrs. Mitchell, Coolmine
\nSir Thos. Moriarty, Bart Abbeytown
\nLewis Ormsby, esq. Brook-lodge
\nThos. Radcliffe esq. Castlecoote
\nMichael Sherkey, esq. Main-street
\nDavid Thompson , esq. Market-Place
\nWm. Thompson esq. Market-place
\nWills —-, esq. major of police, Rockley-park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n Merchants, Tradesmen &c.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Apothecaries<\/strong>Miles Casserly, Market-place
\nV.Fitzgerald, Main-street
\nEdward Hart, Main-street
\nBernard Mulranan, Market-place<\/p>\n
\nJohn Mitchel, Stone-park<\/p>\n
\nJohn Kennedy, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nFrancis McNamara, Castle-street
\nThomas Murray, Market-place
\nJohn Singleton, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nWm. Brown, Church-street
\nJohn Connor, Church-street
\nJames Conyers, Castle-street
\nDaniel Harrison, Main-street
\nHugh Johnston, Church-street
\nBlair Maxwell, Abbeytown
\nJohn Rorke, Church-street<\/p>\n
\nWm.Harrison (& spirit dealer) Main-street
\nAnn Hopper, Market-place
\nNicholas Hussey, (& spirit dealer) Main-street
\nGeorge James, Main-street
\nJames Johnson, Church-street
\nEdward Jones, (& spirit dealer) Castle-street.
\nWm. Malone, Castle-street
\nHenry Mulranan, Main-street
\nEdward O’Connor, Market-place
\nOwen O\u2019Rorke, (and tobacconist) Main-street
\nFrancis Rice, Market-place
\nThos. Stanton (& spirit dealer) Market-place<\/p>\n
\nFrancis Mulranan, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nFrancis Rice, Market-place
\nOwen Rorke, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nEdward Jones, Castle-street<\/td>\nLinen and Woollen Drapers<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJohn Gavevn, Main-street
\nM.A. Keary, Main-street
\nPatrick O’Connor, (& tobacco manufacturer) Main-street
\nMichael Rush, Market-place
\nThos. Stanton, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nMartin McDermott, Abbeytown
\nAbraham Muffatt, Pudding-lane
\nPatrick Read, Pudding-lane<\/p>\n
\nSit Thos. Moriarty Bart., Abbeytown<\/p>\n
\nDenis Conray, Market-place
\nJas. Conyers, Castle-street
\nJas. Dooley, Castle-steeet
\nJohn Downes, Market-place
\nThos. Durkan, Pudding-street
\nGeorge Fanon, Pudding-street
\nRobt. Freebern, Church-road
\nJohn Hanlon, Market-place
\nPeter Kane, Church-street
\nTimothy Keher, Castle-street
\nGeorge Lenelart, Church-street
\nMichael Morgan, Church-street
\nBernard Mulranan, Pudding-street
\nAnthony Rigney, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nMichael Shera, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nTimothy Ford, Church-street
\nMichael Lee, Lainsboro-street
\nJohn Ward, Pudding-street<\/p>\n
\nJames Heily, Castle-street<\/p>\n
\nJames Manan, dealer in tobacco and snuff, Main-street<\/p>\n
\nMr. George Stretch, Distributor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n