| 词条 | Ballyroan, County Laois |
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|name = Ballyroan |other_name = {{pad top italic|Baile Átha an Róine}} |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = IMG Main street Ballyroan5150w.jpg |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Leinster |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = County Laois |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|52.947668|-7.305247|dim:30000_region:IE-LS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = {{iem4ibx|S464889}} |website = |footnotes = }} Ballyroan ({{Irish place name|Baile Átha an Róine}}) is a small town in County Laois in Ireland.[1] It is in the civil parish of Ballyroan and in the former barony of Cullenagh. Ballyroan has a community hall, health centre, a sheltered housing facility for the elderly,[2] two schools – boys' and girls', a small public park, two churches – Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland, three pubs, and a shop/petrol station. The R425 regional road passes through the village. HistoryThere was a druids altar in Cashel. Saint Faolan founded a church in Cashel in 468, and between then and the ninth century, seven bishops are said{{by whom|date=May 2012}} to have been interred in Tullore, an ancient cemetery, one of the oldest in Ireland.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} 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|date=December 2007}} The Brigidine Sisters came to the village in 1877. Three sisters from the Abbeyleix Community took up residence in their newly built convent on 25 September of that year. Their convent and school closed in 1974. Ballyroan School was a private classical school founded and funded by Alderman John Preston in 1686, Protestant boys received a free education, catholic boys paid £1 per quarter. In 2017 Ballyroan amalgamated the two schools and built one new one. The first in the world to be named after John Paul the second. The school is a catholic school mostly but any religion is free to join. The school is stunning and the staff are amazing. Every student agrees it is the best school they have been to yet. Once finished this primary, most children go to Heywood Secondary school for their next education. Buses run through Ballyroan SportThe local Gaelic football club is Ballyroan Abbey GAA. A former club was Ballyroan GAA. Ballyroan was the first village in Leinster to play football in 1889.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} See also
References1. ^Baile Átha an Róine Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2014-04-17. 2. ^Sue Ryder Centre in Ballyroan, Co. Laois Sue Ryder Foundation. Retrieved: 2012-05-25. 2 : Towns and villages in County Laois|Townlands of County Laois |
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