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Riverstown, historically called Ballyederdaowen ({{Irish place name|Baile idir dhá Abhainn|town between two rivers}}),^[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin (Arrow), about 19 km (12 miles) south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the N4 road.

Notable buildings include the Garda Barracks, the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic churches, Coopershill House and the Post Office. There are also a number of pubs and shops.

Each year the village hosts the James Morrison Traditional Music Festival during August and the Riverstown Vintage Festival during June.

In 2002 Riverstown and the Brookeborough Community Development Association launched the Riverbrooke Cross-Border Initiative linking the two villages in a programme of cross-community/cross-border working.

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El Marqués de Osorno, Viceroy of Peru, was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in Chile and Peru from 1788 to 1801. The Marqués was born Ambrose O'Higgins at Ballynary, on the shores of Lough Arrow, about halfway between Riverstown and Ballinafad. His son, Bernardo O'Higgins, was a commander of Chilean forces against Spain in the Chilean War of Independence. He also served as Supreme Director of Chile (effectively President in today's terms) from 1817-1823.
Riverstown is also the ancestral home of Munster and Ireland fly half, Ronan O'Gara, whose grandfather hailed from the village.
Patrick T. Hynes, renowned expert in American / Irish construction laws and customs, was born in Riverstown.
Michael Bowles, conductor and composer, born in Riverstown
The journalist Harry Keaney is a native of Carrowreagh, Riverstown. He trained with The Roscommon Herald and was associate editor of the Irish Echo newspaper in New York for 10 years. In 1998 he was selected as New York's "Sligo Person of the Year". On return to Ireland in 2000, he worked with The Sligo Champion for 15 years. He is now a journalist with the local Irish radio station Ocean FM.

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1. ^{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=C04C2995-F7AB-4CA7-986E-2E9C84ED7E86 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Riverstown | publisher = Central Statistics Office (Ireland) | accessdate = 22 February 2018}}
2. ^Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)

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