Catalogue of Roscommon Historical & Related Books & Periodicals published in the year 2000.

 

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Name of Publication

Author/Editor

Year

Brief Description

(See below for abbreviations used)

Cover

7th. County Roscommon Ploughing Championships

Ploughing Association

2000

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

Annals of Loch Cé.

William M. Hennessy (Ed)

2000

De Burca, Dublin reprint of original Annals - 2 volumes. 653 pp. and 689 pp. h.b. in slipcase

Aughrim National School, One hundred years and growing 1900 - 2000

Centenary Committee

2000

136 pp. p.b. A4.  illustrated. 100 years of Aughrim National School.

Ballincurry National School Reunion 1925 - 2000

Committee.

2000

School reunion souvenir. School is near Glinsk, (just inside Co. Galway). Contains some Roscommon material.. 112 pp. p.b. A4 illustrated.

Cloonfad Annual Parish Magazine 2000

Parish Publications Committee

2000

Volume 9 of annual parish history. 80 pp. A4. p.b.

n.a.

Cloverhill - A Social History

Editorial Committee

2000

Cloverhill Parish and area, history and lore.

n.a.

Craobh Cumann Naomh Dominic - Souvenir Programme

St. Dominic's GAA Club

2000

Souvenir Programme for Opening of Grounds, including brief history.

Echoes of Ballaghaderreen 2000

Local Committee

2000

 Annual newspaper of and about Ballaghaderreen & area. 40 pp.

Evening Echoes - A selection of writings ... 2000

County Roscommon Active Age Group

2000

120 pp. A5. p.b. illustrated. A selection of writings by Co. Roscommon Active Age Groups to mark Millennium 2000. Stories, poetry etc.

Links 2000

Kilbegnet / Ballinakill Historical Society

2000

120 pp. A4. p.b. Illustrated. History  Creggs Area. (Co. Galway) just outside Roscommon border. Much overlap. Second in Links series.

Lisacul 2000 – Annual Review

Tom Coppinger (ed)

2000

20 pp. A4. p.b. Review of 2000 from Lisacul.

Moore News 2000

Moore Community Council

2000

Vol. 26. Annual A5. p.b. publication from Moore, Co. Roscommon. Local events from the year gone by.

Rosc Chomáin 2000

Magazine Committee

2000

Roscommon Christian Brothers School annual TY student magazine. A4 p.b. Illustrated.

n.a.

Roscommon Association Dublin Yearbook 2000

Roscommon Association Dublin

2000

80 pp. A4. p.b. with black & white & colour illustrations. Stories from and about Roscommon. Millennium edition of annual publication.

Roscommon Business Directory.

Roscommon County Enterprise Board Ltd.

2000

75 pp. 24cm x 17.25 cm p.b. publication. Trade telephone directory for  Co. Roscommon. 1st. edition.

Roscommon County Council Annual Report 2000

Roscommon County Council

2000

46pp. A4. p.b. col. illustrated Annual Report from Roscommon County Council. Statistics and reports.

Roscommon Town Architectural Heritage Study 2000 (2 Vols)

Duchas, The Heritage Service

2000

Vol. 1 A4 spiral bound text database. Vol. 2 A3. spiral bound set of maps. Part of National Inventory. Limited distribution document.

Taughmaconnell - a history.

History & Heritage Group

2000

256 pp. 24 cm x 17 cm. illustrated local history of Taughmaconnell and area.

The Diocese of Elphin - People, Places and Pilgrimage

Francis Beirne (Ed)

2000

403 pp. 25.5 cm x 18 cm illustrated history of Elphin and its Parishes, with maps, drawings etc.

The Lilting Sons of Country Folk. Vol. 1.

Declan Coyne

2000

224 pp. A5. illustrated history of music and musical traditions. “A dip into Irish Music in Mid & South Roscommon. The Personalities and Events, Past and Present” Volume 1.

Tombstones of Ireland - Co. Down & Roscommon.

J.C. Fischer Schmidt

2000

110 pp.  A5. p.b. Inscriptions of tombstones in graveyards from North Roscommon (and Down). Heritage Books Inc. USA.

Writers of the Plain 2000

Moylurg Writers.

2000

64 pp. A5. p.b. Anthology of poetry and prose from Boyle area. Volume 4 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 an almost complete list of publications from Co. Roscommon for 2000. Some publications were limited editions and may not now be 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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