Ballinafad
Ballinafad is a village in the south of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The village overlooks Lough Arrow, and is itself overlooked by the ruins of Ballinafad Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballinafad Castle.
Ballinafad Castle
Ruins
Ballinafad Castle, also known as the Castle of the Curlews, is located in the south of County Sligo, Ireland. It is at the village of Ballinafad, on the east side of the N4 road, overlooking Lough Arrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boyle and Knockvicar.
Boyle
Photo: Colmmc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boyle is a market town in County Roscommon in northwest Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 2900. It's at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key; its main attractions are King House, its ruined abbey, and water activities on the lough.
Knockvicar
Hamlet
Photo: Brian Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knockvicar is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the R285 regional road, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon near Lough Key Forest Park in the north of the county. Knockvicar is situated 10 km east of Ballinafad.
Geevagh
Locality
Photo: Wsob, Public domain.
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 10 km northeast of Ballinafad.
Ballinafad
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Sligo, Ireland
- Category: locality
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.02727° or 54° 1′ 38″ northLongitude
-8.33435° or 8° 20′ 4″ westElevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
9C6H2MG8+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 52269003OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Ballinafad” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ballinafad”
- Dutch: “Ballinafad”
- French: “Ballinafad”
- Georgian: “ბალინაფადი”
- Irish: “Béal an Átha Fada”
- Russian: “Баллинафад”
- Spanish: “Ballinafad”
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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 “Ballinafad”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.