Ros Comáin / Roscommon

Ros Comáin / Roscommon is a big historical town and a capital of the County Roscommon.

Vocabulary:

ros [m] = woods, wooded headland; linseed, flax-seed
Comán = Irish name, here Saint Coman who was a founder and a first bishop of Roscommon

Grammar:

The diacritics (length accent / síneadh fada) are very important in Irish language. Losing it or adding an extra one can completely change a meaning of the word.

ros vs rós (rose)

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