placenamesRoscrea
Ros Cré
Roscrea is a civil parish in Offaly. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationRoscrea52.97042° N · 7.79909° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Ros Cré · Irish · main form · validated name
- Roscrea · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Offaly
- Barony
- Ballybritt
- Barony
- Clonlisk
- Coordinates
- 52.97042, -7.79909
- Mapped area
- 38.45 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2041 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Roscrea. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.