Ballyforan
Ballyforan
Béal Átha Feorainne | |
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Village | |
 Ballyforan Bridge (built c.1820) | |
  Ballyforan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°28′13″N 8°16′09″W / 53.47028°N 8.26917°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Population | 227 |
Ballyforan (Irish: Béal Átha Feorainne, meaning 'approach to the ford at the grassy riverside')[2] is a village in south County Roscommon, Ireland on the R363 road between Ballygar and Dysart. It lies beside the River Suck which separates County Roscommon and County Galway.
Amenities
[edit]Amenities in the area include a post office, pub, grocery shop, school, health centre, GAA and snooker clubs, community centre, school and pre-school, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. Josephs (built in 1857).[3] As of early 2020, the local national (primary) school, Ballyforan Mixed National School, had approximately 60 pupils enrolled.[4]
Notable people
[edit]Politician and sportsperson Jack McQuillan was born in Ballyforan. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship twice, and represented Roscommon in Dáil Éireann from 1948 to 1965.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "City Population - Town Census - Ballyforan". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Ballyforan / Béal Átha Feorainne". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Ballyforan, County Roscommon". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Ballyforan Mixed N S". education.ie. Department of Education. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy". Seanad Éireann. 154. 12 March 1998.
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