placenamesKilroosky
Coill na Rúscaí
A brigade report preserves the geography of a 1921 armed encounter; the archaeological record identifies an earlier ringfort nearby.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Coill na Rúscaí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilroosky · English · main form
Place & story
The night encounter
An account in brigade activity file A27 describes four Volunteers working on the road at Kilroosky when a police patrol approached at night. According to the account, gunfire followed and one policeman was killed, with others wounded. The report says the Volunteers had heard the patrol approaching while they were working. [2]
The sketch map
A sketch accompanying the report marks the post office, the road from Beechwood barracks and the route past Carrowcarry National School. Its notes explain that Crown forces had filled a road trench with timber and turf, which Volunteers were removing. The document preserves the road network as well as the participants’ account of the encounter. [2]
The ringfort
The Archaeological Survey records a ringfort in Kilroosky townland, measuring about forty metres across. An earthen bank and hedge enclose its overgrown interior. Part of the surrounding ditch was recut as a field drain, while the entrance recorded on the north-northeast side was considered probably secondary. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Ballintober South
- Civil parish
- Kilgefin
- Coordinates
- 53.67967, -8.10595 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414407 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilroosky. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Brigade activity fileA27:Kilroosky sketchp13 and accountp115 · Military Service Pensions Collection,Military Archives
- Sites and Monuments Record RO036-042:Kilroosky ringfort · Michael Moore; Archaeological Survey of Ireland,2010
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.