Boyle Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Búille) is a ruined Cistercian friary located in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. It was founded by Saint Malachy in the year 1161 but not consecrated until 1218 (work was interrupted by the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland and it was burned in 1202.).
Boyle (; Irish: Mainistir na Búille) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gara are also close by. As of 2022, the population of the town was 2,915. The town is in a civil parish of the same name and in the barony of Boyle.
Ballyfarnon (historically Bellafernan, from Irish: Béal Átha Fearnáin, meaning 'ford-mouth of the alders') is a village in northern County Roscommon, Ireland. Built on the River Feorish at the foot of Arigna Mountain, it lies between Loughs Skean and Meelagh with Lough Arrow, Lough Allen, Lough Bo and Lough-na-Sool nearby. It lies on the Sligo/Leitrim R284 regional road on the border with County Sligo.
Knockvicar (Irish: Cnoc an Bhiocáire) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the R285 regional road, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon near Lough Key Forest Park in the north of the county.
Cortober (Irish: Corr an Tobair, meaning 'round hill of the spring well') is a village and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located across the bridge from the town of Carrick-on-Shannon on the right bank of the River Shannon. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Tumna and River Shannon, on the east by the River Shannon, on the south by the townland of Cordrehead and Killukin and on the west by Mullaghmore. Although Cortober is its own separate village, it is usually grouped as part of Carrick-on-Shannon because it is almost adjacent. The N4 passes through the northern part of Cortober. From it, the R368 branches off towards the southwest.
Arigna (Irish: An Airgnigh, formerly Carn an Ailt) is a village in the far north of County Roscommon in the west of Ireland. It is near Lough Allen (on the River Shannon), on a designated scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn. Arigna is situated in Kilronan parish, along with the villages of Keadue and Ballyfarnon. The area has a long association with the coal mining industry, carried out for over 400 years until the mines closed in 1990.
Lough Key (Irish: Loch Cé) is a lake in Ireland. It is in the northwest of County Roscommon, northeast of the town of Boyle. The lough is believed to be named after a mythical figure named Cé.
Keadue, officially Keadew (Irish: Céideadh), is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is on the R284 and R285 regional roads close to the borders of County Leitrim and County Sligo.
Boyle railway station serves the town of Boyle in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Ardcarn or Ardcarne (Irish: Árd-Carna, Árd-charna) is a civil parish in County Roscommon, Ireland, 8 km north-west of Carrick-on-Shannon.
Gubbarudda, formerly Gubberudda (Irish: Gob a' Roide) is a townland in County Roscommon, Ireland about 4.5 kilometres north-west from the village of Arigna. Gubbarudda is a very rural area composed of 432 acres with only two residences. Much of the northern parts of the townland encompasses Coillte woodlands, while its southern areas are situated on the 'Kilronan Mountain Bog Natural Heritage Area'. The population of Gubbarudda as of 2012 totaled eight people.
Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in 40 acres (16 ha) of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Ireland, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the village of Ballyfarnon.
Knockacorha (in Irish Cnoc A'Chartha, meaning "Hill of the Big Stone") is a townland in County Roscommon. It is bounded on the north by the townland of Macnadille and Turmore, on the east by Turrymartin, south by Ardlavaugh and west by Derrylow.
Lough Key Forest Park is an 800-hectare park on the southern shore of Lough Key, 40 km south east of Sligo town and 3 km east of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. Formerly part of the Rockingham Estate laid out by the King family, it is open to the public.
Cootehall (Irish: Uachtar Thíre, meaning 'Upper Territory', also Cloigne) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the River Boyle, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon near Lough Key Forest Park in the north of the county.
The Arigna Mining Experience is a centre dedicated to the coal mining history of Arigna over a period of 400 years, local geology and coal, as well as new forms of renewable energy. It is Ireland's first museum dedicated to coal mining.
Lough Corry is a lake in Ireland, located on the River Shannon.
Drumlion (Irish: Droim Laighean) is a townland in north County Roscommon in the parish of Killukin and the barony of Boyle. It is within the former Gaelic territory of Magh Luirg, also known as Síol Muireadhaigh. The surrounding countryside is dotted with many historical monuments such as ring forts (ráthanna) and fairy forts (liosanna). Drumlins are a prominent feature of the terrain along with many small streams feeding into the River Shannon.
Lough Skean is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located mostly in north County Roscommon with a smaller part in County Sligo.
Lough Eidin, also known as Drumharlow Lake or Lough Drumharlow, is a lake in County Roscommon, Ireland, near Carrick-on-Shannon. It is on the Boyle River just above its junction with the Shannon.
Lough Meelagh (Irish: Loch Míolach) is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in north County Roscommon.
Cavetown Lough (Irish: Loch Bhaile na hUamha) is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in County Roscommon in the catchment of the upper River Shannon.
McDermott's Castle is a castle and protected national monument located in County Roscommon, Ireland. The site of a fortification since at least the 13th century, the structure's tower house may date from the 16th century, with much of the current building (including its crenellations) dating to the 19th century.
Holy Trinity Abbey is a former medieval Premonstratensian priory and National Monument in Lough Key, a lake in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Inchmacnerin Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Inis Mac nÉirín) is a former monastery and National Monument located in Lough Key, Ireland.
Killukin (Irish: Cill Abhaicín), sometimes known as Killucan, is a civil parish in the barony of Boyle, County Roscommon in Ireland. It overlaps with parts of the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, to which it is connected via a bridge over the River Shannon. Much of the parish is located along the road from Carrick-on-Shannon to Elphin. It is bounded on the north by the parish of Toomna, on the west by the parishes of Eastersnow and Ardcarne, on the south by the parish of Killummond, and on the east by the River Shannon.
Aughnasurn, or Aghnasurn is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbryan, County Roscommon, Ireland.
Carrick-on-Shannon railway station serves the town of Carrick-on-Shannon. Whilst the town itself is in County Leitrim, the railway station lies across the border in neighbouring County Roscommon in the small area of Cortober or Mullaghmore.
Is coláiste i gContae Ros Comáin é Coláiste na Mainistreach.
Ardcarn or Ardcarne (Irish: Árd-Carna, Árd-charna) is a civil parish in County Roscommon, Ireland, 8 km north-west of Carrick-on-Shannon.