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{{Short description|Village in County Laois, Ireland}}
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'''Rosenallis''' (historically ''Rossinallis'', from {{Irish place name|Ros Fhionnghlaise|wood of the clear stream}})<ref name=logainm>[http://www.logainm.ie/28645.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] (see archival records)</ref> is a village in north [[County Laois]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is in the foothills of the [[Slieve Bloom Mountains]] on the [[R422 road|R422]] [[Mountmellick]] to [[Birr, County Offaly|Birr]] road,<ref name="about">{{cite web|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213162659/http://www.rosenallis.com/about/about.htm | archivedate = 13 February 2012 | publisher = Rosenallis.com | title = Rosenallis Community Online - About Rosenallis |url = http://www.rosenallis.com/about/about.htm }}</ref> 6&nbsp;km north-west of Mountmellick. The village is in a [[townland]] and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of the same name.<ref name=logainm/>

==Demographics==
In 2002, the population of the village's catchment area was 440 persons, representing an 8.9% increase in population since 1996.<ref name="laoiscoco">{{cite web|url = http://www.laois.ie/media/Media,5151,en.pdf | publisher = Laois County Council | title = Rosenallis Village Plan - December 2007 | date = 2007 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101231225621/http://www.laois.ie/media/Media,5151,en.pdf | archivedate = 31 December 2010 }}</ref> The population of the surrounding [[Electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]] increased to 469 by 2011.<ref>Census of Ireland 2011; Central Statistics Office</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2018}}

==History==
Rosenallis is important in the history of the [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] movement, with [[William Edmundson]], founder of the Quakers in Ireland, buried just outside the village in the Friends graveyard.<ref name="about"/> In the same graveyard are the remains of Roger Byrne, who was said to have weighed 52 stone and been Ireland's heaviest man when he died in March 1804.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/history-and-harmony-in-rosenallis-1.259105 History and harmony in Rosenallis]</ref>  This claim has, however, been disputed.<ref>[https://www.mountmellickgroupofparishes.ie/rosenallis/ Mountmellick and surrounding parishes]</ref>

In his ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland|Topographical Dictionary of Ireland]]'' (1837), Samuel Lewis described the area:
"''In the [[Slieve Bloom Mountains]] are quarries of a soft white [[sandstone]], which hardens when exposed to the air, and is susceptible of a high polish; it is in great demand throughout the country for chimney-pieces and hearth-stones; a coarser kind is used for flagging. Another peculiarity of these mountains is the fertility of their northern side, which is interspersed with neat farm-houses and cultivated enclosures to its summit, while its southern side is mostly a healthy waste. Iron ore was formerly raised, but is not now. There is a large tract of bog in this district, affording an abundant supply of fuel. Tillage is more attended to than grazing: there are but few flocks of sheep. The chief crops are potatoes, wheat, barley and oats.''"<ref>{{cite book|url = http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/R/Rosenallis-Tinnehinch-Queens.php | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | author = Samuel Lewis | author-link = Samuel Lewis (publisher) |date = 1837 | page = 528 | via = Library Ireland }}</ref>
 
The village has two churches ([[Roman Catholic]] and [[Church of Ireland]]) as well as a village primary school, a community centre and two pubs, Shellys and Pooles Tavern. The secondary-level schools serving the area are Clonaslee and Mountmellick. Every year usually in July the village hosts the "Festival of the Mountain" which is situated in the Festival Field just outside the village.

==Geography==

The [[River Barrow]] rises in Glenbarrow, in the parish of Rosenallis.

==Sports==

[[Rosenallis GAA]] is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club. Rosenallis AFC is the local soccer club. It plays home games at its grounds, Johnsgrove.

==See also==
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]

==References==
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{{County Laois}}

[[Category:Towns and villages in County Laois]]
[[Category:Townlands of County Laois]]
[[Category:Civil parishes of County Laois]]


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