Ballyroan, Dublin
Suburban area in Dublin, Ireland
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Ballyroan (Irish: Baile Uí Ruáin, meaning 'O'Rowan's town') is a suburban area within Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Dublin mountains, alongside Ballyboden, Butterfield, Knocklyon, Old Orchard, and Scholarstown.
The townland of Ballyroan crosses civil parish 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.
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Rathfarnham Castle
Fortified house in Ireland
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National Basketball Arena
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