Ballyroan () is a suburban area within

Rathfarnham Rathfarnham () is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Counc ...

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, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Dublin mountains, alongside Ballyboden, Butterfield, Knocklyon, Old Orchard, and Scholarstown. The

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of Ballyroan crosses

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and barony boundaries with roughly 114 acres of the historical townland in the civil parish of Tallaght in the barony of Uppercross, and nearly 10 acres in the civil parish of Rathfarnham in the barony of Rathdown. The modern suburb of Ballyroan has extended somewhat beyond the traditional townland boundaries. The centre of Ballyroan contains the Ballyroan Community & Youth Centre, the Rosemount Shopping Centre, the parish church which opened in December 1967 and which possesses two murals inside by the artist, Seán Keating, and the Ballyroan public library which opened in 1986.Ballyroan public library
. Retrieved: 2010-10-12. The library closed in September 2011 and was demolished. A new library twice the size of the original was built at the same site at a cost of €2.6 million and opened on 18 February 2013.

Education

There are two secondary schools, Sancta Maria College and Coláiste Éanna, and a local Scout Group.

Transport

Ballyroan is served by the 15B bus route.Dublin Bus 15B service to Ballyroan
. Retrieved: 2010-10-12.

Gallery

Image:Ballyroan Public Library interior 2.jpg, Public library on Orchardstown Villas File:Ballyroan Shopping Centre.jpg, Ballyroan Community & Youth Centre (left) and Rosemount Shopping Centre (right) Image:Chipper in Ballyroan, Dublin.jpg, Fish and chip shop on Marian Road Image:Orchardstown post office, Ballyroan, Dublin.jpg, Former post office on Marian Road

References

{{Dublin residential areas Rathfarnham Towns and villages in South Dublin (county)