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Roscommon Abbey
53.6248° N, -8.1918° E
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Roscommon Abbey is a former Dominican Priory and National Monument located in Roscommon, Ireland.
Paleolithic
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Chalcolithic
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Iron Age
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Foundation of priory
1253
Plundered by Mac William de Burgo
1260
Interment of Fedlim Ó Conchobair
1265
Fire event
1270
Effigy carved
1290–1300
Lightning strike
1308
Northern transept added
15th century
Dissolution and grant to Malby
1578
Grant to Annesley
1615
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