Get to know
Ballyforan.
Béal Átha Feorainne
A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Ballyforan, with local places and the journey there on one map.
8 mapped places to explore.
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Explore Ballyforan
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Ballyforan is a village in County Roscommon. The map names 8 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 2 streets. No stop here appears in the national timetable at all.
Your guide to Ballyforan.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Ballyforan
Explore driving and walking directions, and check nearby transport options. No local stop is listed in the available timetable.
- Mapped stops
- 0
- Mapped car parks
- 0
- See and do
Things to see
77 places to explore within 12 km, plus 1 place to eat and 0 places to stay on the map.
- Castles and their stories
Castle days around Loughrea
Choose a castle to explore, with its history, photographs, a map and practical visiting details.
- Street by street
Every street
2 named streets to browse. Start with Claremont, with 1 mapped place.
- The local picture
About Ballyforan
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Getting to Ballyforan
No stop within 2 km of Ballyforan appears in the national timetable. Services that run on demand do not always file a published schedule, so that is not the same as saying there is no way in. The Getting to Ballyforan page will still work out driving and walking, and will name the nearest stop that is in the timetable.
Explore Ballyforan by category
Find somewhere to eat, a place to visit or an everyday service. Search or choose a theme to explore places in and around Ballyforan.
16 of 16 categories to explore
Things to see
A lake to linger beside, a castle to explore or a museum for a rainy afternoon. Find places for a day out.
- Abbeys, 2 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Castles, 1 mapped place in and around Ballyforan
- Hills, 2 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Historic churches, 3 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Historic houses, 2 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Holy wells, 7 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Lakes, 17 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Picnic sites, 1 mapped place in and around Ballyforan
- Ringforts and sites, 39 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
- Ruins, 2 mapped places in and around Ballyforan
Food and drink
Coffee on the way, lunch in town or a pub for the evening. Choose a kind of place, then find it locally.
Shops
Everyday essentials, independent shops and places for a haircut. See what is mapped in your town.
Community
The places that bring a town together, including schools, libraries, places of worship and community facilities.
Services
Local services for everyday jobs, from banking and post to professional advice.
Motoring
Find fuel, repairs and other motoring services before your next journey.
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Ballyforan and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Claremont House420 mHistoric houses
- Liscreebagh1.9 kmRingforts and sites
- Lissaphuca2.5 kmRingforts and sites
- Carrowkeel Fort3.6 kmRingforts and sites
- Cronin Fort3.7 kmRingforts and sites
- Taghboy Lough4.1 kmLakes
- Toberhop4.2 kmHoly wells
- Yellow Well4.3 kmHoly wells
- Turrock Fort5.0 kmRingforts and sites
- Lisgradoge5.1 kmRingforts and sites
- Gortnaphuill Fort5.2 kmRingforts and sites
- Fair Hill5.4 kmHills
The busiest streets
Of the 2 named streets the map records, these carry the most.
- Claremont1 placeresidential