County Roscommon - Towns

Oliver Goldsmith received his early education in Elphin diocesan school. Many claim that the scenes he described in the Deserted Village were those he saw as a boy around Elphin. Five kilometres from Elphin, Percy French, musician, composer and writer was born in 1854.

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Frenchpark is home to the demesne of Lord de Freyne and close by are the remains of the 13th century Dominican Cloonshanville Abbey, built on the site of an ancient church attributed to St Patrick. On the outskirts of Frenchpark is Ratra House, the home of Douglas Hyde, and father of the Gaelic League and elected first President of Ireland in 1938.

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(cnoc an Chrochaire), the Hangman's Hill, is so called from an elevated mound east of the village, which was once a place of execution. The village was once noted for the manufacture of clay pipes from clay imported from England. Beyond the village is Galey Bay near the shore of which stands Galey Castle, built in the 14th century. Out in the lake is the island of Inishcleraun named after a sister of Queen Maeve, Clothra. Queen Maeve is said to have been killed here by an enemy while she was bathing. This island is the site of a monastery founded by St. Diarmait in 540 and on it are the remains of aix churches.

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Lecarrow is found on the N61 just to the south west of Lough Ree.

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