Ballyfarnan
Ballyfarnon is a village in northern County Roscommon, Ireland. Built on the River Feorish at the foot of Arigna Mountain, it lies between Loughs Skean and Meelagh with Lough Arrow, Lough Allen, Lough Bo and Lough-na-Sool nearby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 187 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Ballyfarnon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilronan Castle.
Kilronan Castle
Castle
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Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in 40 acres of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Ireland, 2 kilometres from the village of Ballyfarnon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geevagh and Keadew.
Geevagh
Locality
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Geevagh is a village in the south-east corner of County Sligo, Ireland, on the R284 regional road. The name, meaning "the windy ", describes a climatic feature of the village and its surrounding countryside. Geevagh is situated 4 km northwest of Ballyfarnan.
Keadew
Village
Photo: Ed Gaffney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keadue, officially Keadew, is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is on the R284 and R285 regional roads close to the borders of County Leitrim and County Sligo. Keadew is situated 5 km southeast of Ballyfarnan.
Arigna
Village
Photo: Ed Gaffney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arigna is a village in the far north of County Roscommon in the west of Ireland. It is near Lough Allen, on a designated scenic route between Keadue and Sliabh an Iarainn. Arigna is situated 6 km east of Ballyfarnan.
Ballyfarnan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Roscommon, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07273° or 54° 4′ 22″ northLongitude
-8.20468° or 8° 12′ 17″ westPopulation
187Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
9C6H3QFW+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 52263371OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2966596Wikidata ID
Q1824751
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Ballyfarnan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballyfarnon”
- Bulgarian: “Балйфарнан”
- Cebuano: “Ballyfarnan”
- Dutch: “Ballyfarnan”
- Georgian: “ბალიფარნანი”
- Irish: “Béal Átha Fearnáin”
- Russian: “Баллифарнан”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Béal Átha Fearnáin”
- Spanish: “Ballyfarnan”
- Swedish: “Ballyfarnan”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ballyfarnan”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.