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faith · Saturday 15 August 2026 · 7:00pm 
Cemetery Mass, St Coman's, Roscommon
At St Coman's Cemetery · St Coman's Cemetery, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon
At St Coman's Cemetery · St Coman's Cemetery, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon
St Coman’s Cemetery in Roscommon town holds its cemetery Mass on Saturday, 15 August 2026 at 7pm, timed for the August bank holiday weekend when many families are already gathered for a visit home. The Mass is said outdoors among the graves rather than in the church, a format used across the diocese through the summer months, and it is the one evening in the year when the cemetery itself becomes the gathering point for the parish. It falls in the same window as blessing of the grave ceremonies held elsewhere in the county, each parish choosing its own date.
The parish priest celebrates Mass in the open air, usually from a small altar set up near the cemetery entrance, with the congregation standing or seated among the headstones for the duration. Readings and prayers of the faithful often include the names of those buried in the cemetery over the previous year. Because it falls on a August Saturday evening, the congregation tends to be larger than a normal weekend Mass, mixing regular parishioners with visitors and returned emigrants who plan a trip home to coincide with it. Many people visit family graves before or after the Mass to tidy them and lay flowers. There is no set finishing time, but the Mass itself typically runs to around 45 minutes before people move on to visit individual plots.
St Coman’s Cemetery is on the edge of Roscommon town, within easy walking distance of the town centre for anyone staying locally. Roscommon town sits on the N61 and N60, with Bus Éireann services connecting it to Dublin, Galway and Athlone, and Roscommon railway station on the Dublin to Westport line. Parking near the cemetery is limited on the evening, so arriving a little before 7pm is worth it.
Roscommon town has a good spread of pubs and restaurants around the square for afterwards, along with the ruins of Roscommon Castle and the county museum if you are making an evening of it. There is more to see in Roscommon and across Co. Roscommon.
Heading to St Coman's Cemetery in Roscommon? Roscommon has plenty more to see. Read the Roscommon area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.