The history of Rosmuc
Settlers of 400, Pearse from 1903, the oration of 1915, Ó Conaire, Mise. 6 moments, in order.
- About 400
First settlers
People are thought to have settled here a century before St Briocán brought Christianity.
- 1903 to 1909
Pearse
He first came in April 1903 as an examiner for Conradh na Gaeilge, and in 1909 built his holiday cottage above Loch Eiliúrach; it became a summer school for St Enda's, and is now a national monument open to the public.
- 1915
Ireland unfree
Pearse wrote the graveside oration for Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in the cottage, and set several stories here.
- Early 20th century
Ó Conaire
Pádraic Ó Conaire's 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and six plays are partly set in the district, among them M'Asal Beag Dubh and Deoraíocht.
- 2008 and 2011
Mise
The Irish memoir of Colm Ó Gaora, IRA company commander here in the War of Independence, was published, and in English as On the Run in 2011.
- 2006 to 2020
Irish
Of 557 people in the electoral division in 2006, 87 per cent were native speakers and 91.9 per cent of adults used Irish daily; the townland had 72 people in 2011, and St Briocán's school 37 pupils in 2020.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Rosmuc", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.