Catalogue of Roscommon Historical & Related Books & Periodicals published in the year 1997.

 

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Name of Publication

Author

Date

Brief Description

(See below for abbreviations used)

Cover

4th. County Roscommon Ploughing Championships

Ploughing Association

1997

17 pp. A5. p.b. Ploughing Championships Souvenir Booklet.

A History of Tisrara

Tisrara Heritage Society

1997

219 pp. A4. p.b. History of Tisrara and area.

Age is Opportunity  - 1997

County Roscommon Active Age Group

1997

97 pp. A4. p.b. Roscommon Active Age Group members reminiscences in prose and verse.

Church of the Sacred Heart - Whitehall / Tarmonbarry. 1897 - 1997.

Centenary Committee

1997

A4. p.b. publication. 100 years of Tarmonbarry church.

n.a.

Cloonfad Annual Parish Magazine 1997

Publications Committee

1997

80 pp. A4. p.b. Stories and history from around Cloonfad. Illustrated.

Co. Roscommon Society of New York Inc. St. Patrick's Day Celebration

County Roscommon Society of New York Inc.

1997

100 pp (approx) A4. p.b. souvenir of St. Patricks day. Mostly advertisements.

Comhdháil an Chraoibhín  1995 - 1997:  The Famine Lectures

Breandán Ó Conaire (Ed)

1997

372 pp. A5. p.b. three years consolidated series of Douglas Hyde Conference Proceedings 1995 to 1997.

Is this the right road to Gortaganny ...

Frances Healy (ed)

1997

A4. p.b. souvenir book.

n.a.

Kilteevan - A look at a school and its parish

Hazel A. Ryan (Ed)

1997

248 pp. A5. p.b. Centenary publication. History of Kilteevan school and area. Illustrated.

Macalla 1997

Students

1997

116 pp. A4. p.b. T.Y. Student annual magazine Mercy Convent Roscommon.

Moore News 1997

Moore Community Council

1997

108 pp. A5. p.b. Local stories/ history  from around Moore.

Rosc Chomain 1996 - 97

Magazine Committee

1997

76 pp. A4. p.b. CBS, Roscommon Annual Publication.

Roscommon Association Dublin Yearbook 1997

Roscommon Association Dublin

1997

A4. p.b. Illustrated. Stories from and about Roscommon.

n.a.

Roscommon County Council Annual Report 1997

Roscommon County Council

1997

39 pp A4. p.b. Annual Report from Roscommon County Council. Col. illustrations.

Roscommon GAA Yearbook 1997

Roscommon Gaelic Athletic Association County Board

1997

140 pp. A4. p.b. Roscommon GAA Yearbook. Match results etc.

Tales From Two Schools. Past Pupils Reunion Special Souvenir Booklet 1997

Tom Coppinger (Ed)

1997

76 pp. A4. p.b. Past-Pupils Reunion Lisacul and Currasallagh N.S. Illustrated.

The Destitution Survey - Reflections on the Famine ...

Raymond Browne (Ed)

1997

154 pp. A5. p.b. Remembering the Famine in Elphin Diocese.

The Family O'Beirne

Bryan Patrick Beirne

1997

A5 p.b. The story of the O'Beirnes of Roscommon and elsewhere.

n.a.

The Royal O'Connors of Connaught

Patrick O'Connor

1997

80 pp. A5. p.b. The O' Connor story from a Mayo cousin. Includes genealogy charts.

The Strange Story of Sarah Kelly (2nd. Edition)

Vera Hughes

1997

213 pp. A5. h.b. The story of Sarah Birch and Edmond Kelly. Includes genealogy charts.

Writers of the Plain - A collection of Prose and Verse Vol. 3

Moylurg Writers

1997

60 pp. A5. p.b. volume of prose and verse. Vol III in series.

e. & o.e

Notes on abbreviations used.

TY           = Transition Year students.                                Tab.        = Tabloid size newspaper.                  ed.           = Editor.                                 n.a.          = not available  *

VEC        = Vocational Educational Committee                col           = colour                                                 pp.          = pages.

GAA       = Gaelic Athletic Association.                           p.b.         = paper / card covers.                          h.b.         = hard covers.                      

A3           = standard A3 size publication                          A4.          = standard A4 size publication.         A5.          = standard A5 size publication.      (sizes are approximate)

 

* Covers that are marked n.a. (not available) are those for which we currently do not have examples in our library/archive collection. We are anxious to obtain these publications and ask any visitor who has a copy to contact us.

 

Roscommon historical and related publications.

This is a list of publications from Co. Roscommon for 1999. Some publications were limited editions and many books from this period are no longer available. There are over 1000 books, periodicals and local parish newspapers / newsletters currently on our list of Roscommon publications. If you have copies of Roscommon publications that you no longer require or if you have Roscommon publications for sale or for more information on what we do please contact us.

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