County Roscommon's name derives from 'Ros,' meaning a wooded, gentle height, and Comán, the first abbot and bishop who founded the first monastery there in 550 AD. This county borders Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Letrim, Longford, Westmeath, and Offaly and is part of the province of Connacht in the Northern and Western Region, Roscommon is rich in history.","Many of our last names in use today, cannot be found before the 17th and 18th century since the majority of them were changed. By example, the famed William Shakespeare, spelt his last name, Shakespeare, Shakespere, Shakespear, Shakspere, and Shaxspere.","Leinster is in the southeast of Ireland, and is the most populous of the four provinces, with approximately 1,500,000 people. This province contains the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois (formerly Leix), Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow. These divisions have remained","County Longford (Longford, Contae an Longfoirt)
Located in the province of Leinster, the County of Longford is based on the historic Gaelic territory of Annaly (Anghaile), formerly Teffia (Teathbha). Between the fifth and twelfth centuries, the territory was called the kingdom of Tethbae ruled by various tuath such as the Cairpre Gabra in the north. Most of County Longford is in the River Shannon and Lough Ree basin, forming much of the county’s western boundary. From the year 1070, when the area was conquered by the Ó Cuinns, Ó Fearghails, and other Conmhaícne tribes, to the Sacking by Edward Bruce in 1315 of the town of Granard; a history steeped with intrigue.","The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great Famine or Great Hunger lasted from 1845 to 1850 and resulted in a great exodus of Irish refugees fleeing to Britain, Australia, and North America, one of the most dramatic waves of Irish migration in history. It was one of the world's worst disasters in world history - over one million people died in a five year span.","Grattan and the Irish Volunteer army obtained an independent parliament in 1782. Continued Irish unrest and Wolfe Tone's rebellion in 1798 led to the Act of Union in 1800 and Irish representation in British Parliament. Daniel O'Connell's agitation resulted in the granting of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s decimated the population and caused mass emigration. ","Also known as “The Rose of the Shires,” Northamptonshire (Northants) is located in the East Midlands region, it is bordered by Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire. With much of Northamptonshire’s country side remaining untouched it is harder to show human occupation in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. The Iron Age shows introduction of people to the area, through to the Romans and after. Soke of Peterborough was once historically associated with Northamptonshire until it was merged in 1965 with Huntingdonshire, then in 1972 the city Peterborough became a district of Cambridgeshire. ",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_roscommon.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_longford.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Northamptonshire England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"","s":"Ganey","sU":"GAYNOR","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":"Scottish","cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/GAYNOR/IR/Ganey/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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