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County Hall () is a municipal facility in
Roscommon Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...
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County Roscommon County Roscommon () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the List of Irish counties by area, 11th largest Irish county by area and Li ...
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History

Originally
Roscommon County Council Roscommon County Council () is the local authority of County Roscommon, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban plannin ...
held its meetings in Roscommon Courthouse. The county council moved a new facility, which was designed by
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, in December 2015. It was officially opened by
Denis Naughten Denis Naughten (born 23 June 1973) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Roscommon–South Leitrim const ...
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Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment () is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment. The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment is Darragh O'Brie ...
, in June 2016. The new facility received awards for Architectural Project of the Year and Sustainable Project of the Year at the CMG Irish Building & Design Awards 2016.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:County Hall, Roscommon Buildings and structures in County Roscommon
Roscommon Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...
Roscommon County Council