Set in the old 1874 schoolhouse, next to St. Tierney's Church, Roslea, it became home to the Roslea Heritage Centre some time, I think in the 1980s. It was run by locals, Oliver McCaffrey and Jimmy Callaghan and was a great resource for researchers of Roslea ancestors and history.

Sadly, the Heritage Centre has been, for the most part, closed, due to lack of funding and not enough demand. Perhaps us Roslea researchers can change that in the future by visiting regularly.

Oliver McCaffrey has put a lot of time and energy into gathering information and stories from the locals and records, in order to preserve the history of Roslea for generations to come. Thanks to Oliver and jimmy, there are a number of books held at the Roslea Heritage Centre, with stories relating to many aspects of Roslea life, the history of St. Tierney's Church, among other things and with photos of local people, past and present, places, townlands and buildings. I have used items from the books, photos and information, along with personal photos I have, but there is so much more in the books and they are MUST HAVE items for any serious researcher.

Books include....

Roslea Remembers - A name index can be downloaded from here

Roslea historical Journal volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4

As far as I am aware, these books are very hard to get hold of these days, due largely, I suspect, to the lack of funding and interest (I have found that not many people knew about these books). I am hopeful that demand for these books will rise and re-publication may be put in place so that we all may benefit from the stories and information contained.