Ballaghaderreen
Bealach an Doirín | |
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Town | |
 Businesses on the square in Ballaghaderreen | |
  Ballaghaderreen Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°54′00″N 8°34′53″W / 53.90008°N 8.58144°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | 1,808 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M617948 |
Ballaghaderreen (Irish: Bealach an Doirín, meaning 'the way of the little oak grove'[2]) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It was part of County Mayo prior to 1898.[3] It is in the north-west of the county, near the borders with counties Mayo and Sligo, just off the N5 road. The population was 1,808 in the 2016 census.
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballaghaderreen". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Bealach an Doirín/Ballaghaderreen". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ McGarry, Patsy (18 August 2006). "Ballaghaderreen a land of reluctant exiles". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 August 2022.