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Roslea Heritage Centre

A restored 1850s schoolhouse holding the memory of east Fermanagh's townlands

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Roslea Heritage Centre — A restored 1850s schoolhouse holding the memory of east Fermanagh's townlands.

  • Getting in: Free admission. Community-run, so phone 028 6775 1750 ahead to confirm it's open.
  • Opening: No fixed daily hours. Call before you go, especially outside the summer months.
  • Inside: Yes. The exhibitions, craft shop and tea room are all inside the restored schoolhouse.
  • Dogs: Check when you phone ahead; access is at the volunteers' discretion.
  • Parking: On-street parking in the village; confirm when you call.
  • Food: A tea room on site for hot drinks. The village has further options nearby.
Plan your visit

Two floors of east Fermanagh's working past

The exhibition rooms hold traditional farming implements, including a McMahon spade, alongside displays on how the land here was worked. A famine exhibition covers the area's hardest years, and there are displays on crochet making, a craft once common across these townlands. Cases of old photographs and historical records put faces and names to the parish. If you have Roslea ancestry, the centre runs a genealogy and townlands research service that locals rate for tracing family lines.

Free 1850s schoolhouse Go inside Famine exhibition Townlands genealogy Craft shop & tea room
Good to know before you go:

Community heritage centres like this often host talks, local-history evenings and seasonal events through the Roslea Community Historical Society. Ask what's coming up when you phone, or check listings across NI for tours and living-history days.

Before you set off

What to bring

  • 👟Comfy shoesThere is usually a bit of walking, some steps and uneven older ground.
  • 📷A cameraThe history, the architecture and the setting are all worth capturing.
  • 💷A few poundsSome heritage sites are ticketed or have a shop and café — handy to have.
  • 💧Water and a snackNot every site has a café on hand, so pack a little something.
Good to know

Everything before you go

Getting in
Free admission. Community-run, so phone 028 6775 1750 ahead to confirm it's open.
Opening
No fixed daily hours. Call before you go, especially outside the summer months.
Can you go inside
Yes. The exhibitions, craft shop and tea room are all inside the restored schoolhouse.
Food
A tea room on site for hot drinks. The village has further options nearby.
Dogs
Check when you phone ahead; access is at the volunteers' discretion.
Parking
On-street parking in the village; confirm when you call.
Accessibility
A two-storey stone building from the 1850s. Ask about access to the upper floor when you phone.
How long to allow
About an hour, longer if you use the genealogy and townlands research service.
Address
Roslea Heritage Centre, Roslea (Rosslea) village, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 7DF
Questions

Before you go

Is it free to visit?
Free admission. Community-run, so phone 028 6775 1750 ahead to confirm it's open.
Can you go inside?
Yes. The exhibitions, craft shop and tea room are all inside the restored schoolhouse.
When is it open?
No fixed daily hours. Call before you go, especially outside the summer months.
Can I bring the dog?
Check when you phone ahead; access is at the volunteers' discretion.
Where do I park?
On-street parking in the village; confirm when you call.
Getting there

Roslea Heritage Centre is at Roslea Heritage Centre, Roslea (Rosslea) village, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 7DF. On-street parking in the village; confirm when you call. Tap below for directions.

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The story

The story of Roslea Heritage Centre

The building began life as a two-storey stone schoolhouse in the 1850s, serving the children of Roslea and its surrounding townlands on the Fermanagh side of the border with Monaghan. It taught local pupils until the 1930s, when it closed.

After the school shut, the building was used by the local parish as a garage and then stood vacant for a number of years. Its future was uncertain until the community stepped in.

Roslea Community Historical Society was founded in 1986 to preserve and record the history of the area. In 1991 the society secured a lease on the disused schoolhouse and raised the funding to restore and adapt it as a heritage centre, saving the building and giving it a new purpose.

Today the restored schoolhouse holds the society's collection: a famine exhibition, traditional farming implements, displays on local agriculture and crochet, photographs and historical records, plus a townlands genealogy service. It remains run by the community for the community, a working record of east Fermanagh's past.