2024

ROSCOMMON ABBEY

Abbey monastery and convent

Majestic ruins of an abbey founded in 1253 by Felim O'Conor, King of Connacht (left on the left of the entrance). In medieval times, Roscommon was a place of pilgrimage because the city would have held a piece of the Real Cross, and this abbey represented one of the most important Dominican centers in Ireland.

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