Ballyfarnan

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Ballyfarnan

Elevation59 m

Coordinates54.07°, -8.20°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Ballyfarnon is a village in northern County Roscommon, Ireland. Built on the River Feorish at the foot of Arigna Mountain, it lies between Loughs Skean and Meelagh with Lough Arrow, Lough Allen, Lough Bo and Lough-na-Sool nearby. It lies on the Sligo/Leitrim R284 regional road on the border with County Sligo.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Carmel Gunning

Irish musician

Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno

Irish-Spanish colonial administrator (1720-1801)

Joe Costello

Irish politician

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Eileen MacDonagh

Irish artist

Marcus Ervine-Andrews

recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Tony Doyle

Irish actor (1942-2000)

Brian Leyden

Irish writer

Edward King-Tenison

politician, died 1878 (1805–1878)

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Arthur Rowan Fairfield

British civil servant and cartoonist (1839-1915)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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