County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Centre

Sacred Heart Home Roscommon Town Interactive Heritage Tour - POI 10*

Former Workhouse Complex, built in 1842, possibly to plan by George Wilkinson and now occupied by the Western Health Board. Nearby is a Bully's Acre, Burial Ground for the Great Famine victims and others.

With thanks to and permission of Management and Staff of the Sacred Heart Home Roscommon, HSE West.
Contributor: Jim Hoban
Contributor: John Kerrigan
Research by Roscommon Town Team, Roscommon Heritage Group and local historians.
Filmed and Produced by Mimar Media
Commissioned by Roscommon Town Team
This project has been funded by The Heritage Council, Roscommon County Council and Roscommon Town Team.

5th Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales.
Irish Famine-Scene at the gate of the Work-house; Ridpath’s History of the World
Bully’s Acre large area map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Further Information:
THE IRISH WORKHOUSE CENTRE (Website)

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Tulsk Priory - county Roscommon - Ireland

Tulsk Priory. Just a place i foudn on the side of the road along my adventures. You can puase it on the information board there and read all about it, other than that im going to like always walk around it and give my own stuipid commentary haha. Enjoy!

Information:

Tulsk priory was founded in 1448 as a Dominican House. It would have had a commuity of four to six friars and relied for the most part on the support of its local patrons and the descendants of the founding family. The founder is disputed, but was either a member of the MacDowell family, or Felim, son of Felim Clery O'Conor. By 1578, the friars had moved on from Tulsk, apparently never to return. Today the standing remains of the priory comprise a nave, transept and a tower house. The nave would have been the main body of the church. The transept or side aisle would have been added later. There is evidence to suggest there was a cloister to the north of the priory. The tower house was likely to have been a fortification added to the defunct priory by English government troops in the late sixteenth century to protect a small English garrison.

In recent years it became apparent that Tulsk Priory was at high risk of collapse, in particular the highest sections of the tower house. In 2013 major conservation works were carried out on Tulsk priory, as an action of the County Roscommon Heritage Plan 2012-2016.

The Mórrígan's Cave - Oweynagat, at Rathcroghan/Cruachan, County Roscommon, Ireland

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[Q & A] - Asphodel Stardust asked: Thank you for these videos you take the time to do. Does she (The Morrigan) have a connection to cats given the name of her cave or is there another reason for it? Is there a specific reason for the tree above her cave being a Hawthorne tree??
Jessy h asked: Wow! How far or deep does the cave go? Is it a natural cave? Is there any lore or stories about it?

Facts about the Mórrígan's Cave - The Irish name for this site is Uaimh na gCat which translates as ‘Cave of the Cats’. This is a natural narrow limestone cave with a man-made souterrain at the entrance. Originally the entrance to the souterrain was contained within an earthen mound, which was disturbed by the construction of a road in the 1930s. The souterrain is constructed of drystone walling, orthostats and lintels, and measures a total of approximately 10.5 m from the entrance to the natural cave. The natural cave extends for a further 37 m.

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