ROSCOMROE, a parish, in the barony of BALLYBRIT,
KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 6
miles (S. E. by E.) from Parsonstown, on the road from
Roscrea to Tullamore; containing 1287 inhabitants. It
is situated on the confines of the Queen's county, and is
bounded on the east by the Slieve Bloom mountains. It
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, forming part of
the union of Kinnitty: the rectory is impropriate in the
representatives of the late J. Curtis, Esq. The tithes
amount to £88. 12. 3¾., of which £33. 4. 7½. is payable
to the impropriators, and the remainder to the vicar:
the glebe comprises 20 acres. In the R. C. divisions
also it is part of the union or district of Kinnitty.