placenamesCurraghroe
An Currach Rua
Records of policing, education and revolutionary organisation reveal several chapters of Curraghroe’s local history.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Currach Rua · Irish · main form · validated name
- Curraghroe · English · main form
Place & story
The constabulary barracks
A house in Curraghroe served as a constabulary barracks at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The property, leased from Theobald Dillon's estate, carried a valuation of £5. The University of Galway's Landed Estates database records local evidence suggesting that the police withdrew in the late 1860s. It also identifies the later name Sullivan's Cross, linking the former barracks with a familiar local crossroads. [2]
Martin Fallon and the Volunteers
Commandant Martin Fallon recalled being born and educated in Curraghroe, where his teacher's interest in Irish history helped shape his later political involvement. In his Bureau of Military History statement, he described joining the Volunteers early in 1917. The first Curraghroe company numbered only five men, meeting for weekly drill and contributing small subscriptions towards arms and expenses. Fallon also remembered canvassing during Count Plunkett's election campaign that year. [3]
The former national school
Curraghroe's national school eventually closed after staffing reductions and the development of a newer school at nearby Cloontuskert. A Shannonside report in August 2022 described it as having been closed for more than twenty years. That year Roscommon County Council approved its proposed conversion to a residence, with conditions covering the extension's finish and other works. The permission records a new proposed use for a former community building. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Roscommon
- Civil parish
- Lissonuffy
- Coordinates
- 53.72464, -8.03030 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414402 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Curraghroe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Curraghroe, property5037 · University of Galway,Landed Estates
- Witness statement1121,Commandant Martin Fallon,opening page · Bureau of Military History,Military Archives
- Planning approved to transform former national school in Roscommon,16August2022 · Shannonside News
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.