Roosky
| Roosky Rúscaigh Roosky |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 50 '0 " N , 7 ° 55' 0" W | ||
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| Country | Ireland | ||
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| county | Roscommon | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | IE-RN | ||
| height | 75 m | ||
| surface | 0.9 km² | ||
| Residents | 564 (2016) | ||
| density | 628.1 Ew. / km² | ||
 Roosky on the Shannon
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Roosky (also Rooskey , Irish : Rúscaigh ) is a village in the northern Midlands of the Republic of Ireland , on the border of Counties Leitrim and Roscommon . The place has 564 inhabitants (as of 2016).
Roosky is located at the outflow of the River Shannon from Lough Bofin . The three counties Leitrim, Roscommon and Longford meet near the village .
history
The anglicized place name Roosky is derived from the Irish word "Rúscaigh" , which means marshland . This refers to the marshland around the village on the banks of the Shannon.
Roosky owes its foundation to St. Berach and his monastic settlement Termonbarry (Irish: Tearmann Bearaigh ) from the 6th century, which is located about five kilometers south of Roosky.
The history and development of the place and its hinterland are closely linked to the Shannon. Originally, shipping through Roosky was through a lock and canal west of the Shannon, which was built in the 1760s. The current lock and road bridge were built in 1845. The five-arched bridge connects Leitrim and Roscommon counties. During the course of the Irish Civil War from 1922 to 1923 it was the site of fighting.
In 1970 a bridge arch was converted into a lift bridge, replacing the previous bascule bridge arch . The Roosky Bridge has remained one of the few of its kind and is an architectural and engineering legacy.
traffic
The national road N4 from Dublin to Sligo leads past the eastern edge of the village.
The nearest rail connection is at Dromod on the Dublin – Sligo railway line.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Albert Reynolds (1932–2014), Irish politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland from 1992 to 1994
Web links
- Roosky on townlands.ie, accessed July 22, 2018
- Roosky Local Area Plan 2004–2009 (PDF) , Roscommon County Council (PDF), English, accessed July 22, 2018
- Roosky Bridge on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht website