County Roscommon
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| County Roscommon | |
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| Area: | 2,547 km˛ |
| 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 km˛ (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.
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| | Traditional counties of Ireland | | |
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| 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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