Strokestown

Strokestown
Béal na mBuillí (Irish)
Town
Second widest street in Ireland
Second widest street in Ireland
Strokestown is located in Ireland
Strokestown
Strokestown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°46′37″N 8°06′14″W / 53.777°N 8.104°W / 53.777; -8.104
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Roscommon
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Population825
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key
F42
Telephone area code+353(0)71
Irish Grid ReferenceM929809
Websitewww.strokestown.ie

Strokestown (Irish: Béal na mBuillí[2]), also known as Bellanamullia and Bellanamully, is a small town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is one of the 27 designated Heritage Towns in Ireland.[3] Located in the part of the country marketed for tourism purposes as Ireland's Hidden Heartlands, it is 140 km (87 mi) from Dublin and 120 km (75 mi) from Galway. Strokestown is one of Ireland's few planned towns,[4] showing evidence of deliberate planning, such as formally aligned streets and prominent public buildings.[5]

Features include the second-widest street in Ireland[6] which measures 44.5 metres in width,[5] and Strokestown Park House, an 18th-century mansion which is home to the National Famine Museum.

  1. ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Strokestown". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. ^ "List of Irish Heritage Towns". Irish Heritage Towns. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ Carswell, Simon. "The story of one Irish town and its empty buildings". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Hood, Susan (1995). "The Landlord Influence in the Development of an Irish Estate Town: Strokestown, County Roscommon". Irish Geography. 28 (1): 118–128. doi:10.1080/00750779509478669.
  6. ^ "Strokestown". visitroscommon.ie.