Tamy, It may cover more than Roscommon, but see if you can locate and look at the book, "The Hidden Ireland." It covers much of the turmoil Ireland was experiencing pre-post famine period. At 08:47 PM 07/13/2003 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 7/13/2003 Mary Lee Dunn wrote: There was a lot of chaos and conflict in Roscommon in the 1840s. The Strokestown area had its share of it. > >Does anyone on the list know of a good written history of County Roscommon that covers the period of 1850 - 1900 ? >Thanks in advance, Tamy > > >==== ROSCOMMON Mailing List ==== >Connaught: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcnn/ >Leitrim: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllet/ >Galway: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlgal2/ > >