| Roscommon Abbey | |||||||||
| Other Names: | Ros-comain; Ros-chomon; Ros-camain; Ros-coman | ||||||||
| Native Name: | Mainistir Ros Comáin | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ga | ||||||||
| Order: | Canons Regular of Saint Augustine/Dominicans | ||||||||
| Established: | 1140 | ||||||||
| Disestablished: | 1578 | ||||||||
| Diocese: | Elphin | ||||||||
| Status: | ruined | ||||||||
| Style: | Norman | ||||||||
| Location: | Ballypheasan, Roscommon, County Roscommon | ||||||||
| Map Type: | Ireland | ||||||||
| Public Access: | yes | ||||||||
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Roscommon Abbey is a former Dominican Priory and National Monument located in Roscommon, Ireland.[1]
Roscommon Abbey was a Dominican priory founded in 1253 by Fedlim Ó Conchobair, king of Connacht. It was plundered by Mac William de Burgo 1260. It was hit by fire in 1270 and lightning in 1308.[2]
Roscommon Abbey was dissolved before 1578; granted to Sir Nicholas Malby in 1578 and to Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia in 1615.[3]
Roscommon Friary is located in the southern part of Roscommon town, The church consisted of a single long aisle with nave and choir; the northern transept was added in the fifteenth century.
On his death in 1265 Fedlim Ó Conchobair was interred in the abbey and his tomb was covered by an effigial slab which can still be seen in a niche in the north-east corner of the church. The effigy was carved between 1290 and 1300 and is one of only two Irish royal effigies surviving from this period.[4]