Postcards – Roscommon Town

Postcards – Roscommon Town. This is our small collection of Roscommon Town postcards. All images are linked to larger ones and these can be seen by clicking on the image. Note: Copyright rests with the individual photographer (see notes below). Do not use without their permission. Images are not to scale. We are always on the look out for additional examples to add to our collection. If you have any postcards (used or unused) that you no longer need please contact us.
Ref. No.	Description (From the postcard)	General Remarks	Image (Not to Scale)
01	The Walk, Roscommon. J. Coyle, Fancy Stores, Roscommon.	No Date.
02	The Vocational Schools, Roscommon. M. J. Farrell, The Souvenir House, Roscommon. Copyright.	No Date.
03	Main Street, Roscommon. Copyright. M. J. Farrell, The Souvenir House, Roscommon.	No date.
04	Abbey Street, Roscommon. M. J. Farrell, The Souvenir House, Roscommon. Copyright.	Postdate: 1946.
05	Carrowroe Park, Roscommon. M. J. Farrell, The Souvenir House, Roscommon.	Postdate: 1913.
06	Railway Station, (Fair Day), Roscommon. M. J. Farrell, The Souvenir House, Roscommon.	No Date. (Part of a postcard booklet (left side of card perforated for removal from book)).
07	Convent Schools, Roscommon. M. J. Farrell, The Souvenir House, Roscommon. Copyright.	Postdate: 1976.
08	The Harrison Hall, Roscommon. By Lorna Brennan.	No Date. Available from "Time Pieces", Roscommon Town.
09	Roscommon Town. John Hinde Ltd. Copyright.	Photograph by Peter O'Toole. No. 2/RM 1. No Date. (Modern)
10	Grealy's Hotel, Roscommon. Business Card	See Business Postcards for more details.
11	Convent of Mercy, Roscommon. Hugh Flynn, Main Street, Roscommon.	No. 6 in a series. No date. Unused.
12	Main Street, Roscommon. Cardall Ltd., Dublin.	Real Photograph. No date. Unused.
13	Convent Schools, Roscommon. S. M. Gibson & Co. 111 James St., Dublin.	No date. Unused. (The card pre-dates 1916, the year the spire was added to the Church, in the background!)
14	Main Street, Roscommon. Dollard Printinghouse Dublin Ltd. Card #571.	No date. Unused. Nice view of the Merchant Hotel (Grealy's - see card 10 above)
15	Main Street, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. No name of printer or publisher.	No date. Unused. The blue Ford Fiesta has an 87 RN plate, so this card probably dates from late 1987, or more likely 1988 or 1989?
16	The Church, Roscommon. No name of printer or publisher.	The card was posted in 1905.
17	The Abbey Hotel, Roscommon, Ireland. Formerly owned by the famous Gunning Sisters. Printed in Ireland by Mount Salus Press.	No date. Unused. See two more cards from this series here.
18	With Kind Regards from Roscommon. The Castle, Church of the Sacred Heart (pre 1916) and The Abbey. No publisher.	No date. Unused.
19	Main Street, Roscommon. M. J. Farrell, Souvenir House, Roscommon. Copyright.	No date. Unused.

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