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Ballaghaderreen (Bealach an Doirín, ‘The Way of the Little Oak’)is a strategically placed town situated beside the national N5 Dublin/Castlebar route close to the Mayo border in north-west Roscommon.

The town sits just north of the Lung River as it flows north-east to Lough Gara. The surrounding land is mostly flat pastureland with some significant areas of bog and some small areas of planted forest.

Ballaghaderreen has operated as a fairs and market town since the 1700s and continues in the role of a large market town and service centre for the surrounding areas.

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BALLAGHADERREEN TOWN TEAM IS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TOWN DEVELOPMENT. Ballaghaderreen Town Team fully endorses the multimillion euro development of our town as proposed by Roscommon County Council. This much

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