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Roscommon County Museum

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The museum is situated within a former Presbyterian church, also known as Dr. John Harrison Memorial Hall. The building itself dates from 1863, and sits on The Square in the town. The most distinctive element of the building is the wheel window over the door which featured a ‘Star of David’ to
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commemorate its Welsh Builders. The museum is run on a voluntary basis by the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, and has been housed in the church since the early 1990s.
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The collections document the history of County Roscommon over the centuries. These most notably include a 9th-century slab from St Coman's Abbey, and a
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From Ireland Coming: Irish Art from the Early Christian to the Late Gothic Period and Its European Context
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The building also houses the Roscommon Tourist Information Office.
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Commissioners of Irish Lights Museum (Baily Lighthouse)
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Roscommon
Coordinates
53°37′52″N 8°11′29″W / 53.6311°N 8.1913°W / 53.6311; -8.1913
museum
Irish
County Roscommon
Roscommon
Sheela na gig
Cross of Cong
Shrine of Manchan
Irish
"Dr. John Harrison Memorial Hall, The Square, Roscommon, County Roscommon"



"Roscommon County Museum"
"County Roscommon"
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"Rahara"
"Focus on - The Cross of Cong"
Discover Ireland
Roscommon Museum
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Republic of Ireland
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Connacht

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