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Burial

Roosky (Frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Burial, Roosky, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Roosky (Frenchpark By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.87519, -8.60054
SMR number
RO014-083----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In April 1988 four skulls and other human bones were recovered in dredging operations conducted by the OPW Drainage Division on the SE-NW Roosky River c. 400m from its confluence with the W-E Lung River. The discovery was investigated by Nessa O'Connor of NMI, but the original disposition of the remains could not be discovered. They were acquired by NMI (1988: 227). (Sikora and Cahill 2011, vol. 2, P 511, 7.184)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of Upload: 20 March, 2012.

References

Sikora, M. and Cahill, M. 2011 Inventory of uninvestigated reports of human remains. In M. Cahill and M. Sikora (eds.), Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, vol. 2, 447-526.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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