Ballyroan
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| Ballyroan Baile Átha an Róine
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 Ballyroan
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| Coordinates: 52°34′N 7°11′W / 52.57°N 7.18°WCoordinates: 52°34′N 7°11′W / 52.57°N 7.18°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Laois |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S464889 |
Ballyroan (Irish: Baile Átha an Róine) is a small village in County Laois, Ireland, on the R425 regional road. It is part of the parish of Abbeyleix. It has two churches (one of which is Roman Catholic and the other Church of Ireland), two schools (a boys school and girls school), three pubs, Whelan's, Delaney's & Scully's. Also two shops.
[edit] History
There was a Druids Altar in Cashel. St. Faolan founded a church in Cashel in 468, and between that time and the ninth century, seven bishops are said to have been interred in Tullore, an ancient cemetery, one of the oldest in Ireland.[citation needed]
The Motte was built by the Normans towards the end of the 12th century. Conall O’Moore built a castle in the 14th century. In the stagecoach days the castle was an inn known as The Bull’s Head.[citation needed]
The Brigidine Sisters came to the village in 1877. Three sisters from the Abbeyleix Community took up residence in their newly built convent on September 25, that year. Their convent and school closed in 1974 drawing the final curtain as it appeared then on Brigidine residency in Ballyroan, but not on their involvement with education.
[edit] Sport
Ballyroan is well known for its local Gaelic football club, Ballyroan Abbey GAA. A former club was Ballyroan GAA. Ballyroan was the first village in lenster to play football in 1889.
[edit] See also
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Main Street
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One Percent
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