Roscommon Civil and Roman Catholic parishes
The “Civil Parish” and the “Roman Catholic parish” are generally speaking composed of different townlands even when they have the same name – and this can cause great confusion to people researching their ancestry.
We have created a table giving the names of all the civil parishes of Co. Roscommon and alongside this list we have a list of the names of the Roman Catholic parishes of Co. Roscommon.
Roscommon has or had 59 civil parishes and 33 Roman Catholic parishes. Three or four of the Catholic parishes are mainly located in one of three other counties. The Catholic parishes may have been known by different names so each different name has been listed with each parish
| Roscommon Civil Parishes | Roscommon RC Parishes |
|---|---|
| Ardcarn | Aghanagh (Ballinafad, Caltra) |
| Athleague | Ardcarne & Tumna (Cootehall, Tuamna) |
| Aughrim | Athleague & Fuerty |
| Ballintober | Ballintobber & Ballymoe (Ballinakill, Kilcrone) |
| Ballynakill | Boyle & Kilbryan |
| Baslick | Castlemore & Kilcolman (Ballaghderreen) |
| Boyle | Clontuskert (Kilrooskey, Kilgefin, Curraghroe) |
| Bumlin | Creagh (Ballinasloe, Kilcloony) St. Michael's |
| Cam | Dysart & Tisara (Ballyforan) |
| Castlemore | Elphin & Creeve |
| Clooncraff | Geevagh |
| Cloonfinlough | Kilbegnet & Glinsk |
| Cloontuskert | Kilbride (Fourmilehouse) |
| Cloonygormican | Kilcorkey & Frenchpark (Belenagare) |
| Creagh | Kilglass (Rooskey) |
| Creeve | Kilkeevan (Castlerea) |
| Drum | Killucan & Killumod (Croghan) |
| Drumatemple | Kilmore & Aughrim (Kilmore & Clonaff) |
| Dunamon | Kilnamanagh (Estersnow & Ballinameen) |
| Dysart | Kilronan (Arigna, Keadue, Ballyfarnon) |
| Elphin | Kiltoom (Ballybay, Cam) |
| Esternow | Kiltullagh (Kiltulla) |
| Fuerty | Loughglynn (Lisacul, Erritt, Laughlin) |
| Kilbride | Moore |
| Kilbryan | Ogulla & Baslick (Kilmurry, Tullsk) |
| Kilcolagh | Oran (Cloverhill) |
| Kilcolman | Roscommon & Kilteevan |
| Kilcooley | St. John's (Knockcroghery, Killinvoy, Rahara)) |
| Kilcorkey | St. Peter's & Drum (Athlone) |
| Kilgefin | Strokestown (Lisanuffy, Lisonuffy, Kiltrustan) |
| Kilglass | Taghmaconnell (Taughmaconnell) |
| Kilkeevin | Tarmonbarry (Lisonuffy & Bumlin, Scramogue) |
| Killinvoy | Tibohine (Fairymount) |
| Killukin | |
| Killummod | |
| Kilmacumsy | |
| Kilmeane | |
| Kilmore | |
| Kilnamanagh | |
| Kilronan | |
| Kilteevan | |
| Kiltoom | |
| Kiltrustan | |
| Kiltullagh | |
| Lissonuffy | |
| Moore | |
| Ogulla | |
| Oran | |
| Rahara | |
| Roscommon | |
| St. John's | |
| St. Peter's | |
| Shankill | |
| Taghboy | |
| Taghmaconnell | |
| Termonbarry | |
| Tibohine | |
| Tisrara | |
| Tumna |