Ballyforan
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Ballyforan () 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.
Described at
Ballyforan Townland, Co. Roscommon
Ballyforan (Béal Átha Feorainne) is a townland in Taghboy ED, in Taghboy Civil Parish, in Barony, in Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
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- Instance of
- townland
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Irish Grid Reference
- M821467
- Commons category
- Ballyforan
- historic county
- County Roscommon
- described at URL
- www.townlands.ie/roscommon/athlone/taghboy/taghboy/ballyforan
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Ballyforan () 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== 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). As of early 2020, the local national (primary) school, Ballyforan Mixed National School, had approximately 60 pupils enrolled.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballyforan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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