| Roscommon
Roscommon is an inland county
where the main attraction is the beauty of island-dotted lakes.
The
county's eastern boundary is formed by the River Shannon and
its lakes. Located on Ireland's fertile central plain,
the county
has an area of 2,463 sq km. Most of the county is situated
between the River Shannon, to the east, and its chief tributary,
the River
Suck to the west.
Roscommon was home to the last of Ireland's High Kings. King
Rory O'Connor, whose home, Clonalis House is a library for
the O'Connor
Clan, and is open to the public. Strokestown House, is now
the national Famine Museum commemorating the Great Hunger.
Roscommon benefits from tourism on the River Shannon, Lough
Ree, Lough Arrow and Lough Key. The Neolithic monuments in
the Curlew
mountains in the north are a major visitor attraction.
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