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Ballyfarnan
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Ballyfarnan –
or Ballyfarnon - is a small village located in north Co Roscommon
close to the border with Co Sligo. The village is situated on the
River Feorish in the foothills of Arigna mountain.
Ballyfarnon is the most northerly village of Roscommon, and only 1
km from the Sligo border.
A memorial to local musician and songwriter, Josie McDermott
is the focal point of the village centre. Just outside Ballyfarnon,
on the shores of Lough Meelagh, is Kilronan Castle, the ancestral
home of the Tenison family and the legendary Colonel King Tenison.
Today it is one of Ireland’s most luxurious castle hotels.
The village is surrounded by lakes all of which provide superb
angling waters. Immediately south is Lough Skean and Lough Meelagh.
7km to the west is Lough Arrow and 10km south west is Lough Key.
Lough Allen is 10km to the east
For the trout angler, Lough Arrow provides one of Ireland’s best
fisheries. Coarse fishing for bream, rudd and tench is available on
productive lake waters of Lough Meelagh and Lough Skean. The pike
specialist will find a fighting stock of fine healthy fish eager to
test the keen fisherman. Lough Arrow is one of the premium brown
trout lakes in Ireland.
The area around Ballyfarnon is well catered for in terms of outdoor
pursuits and activities, the most obvious of which is hill-walking
in the Arigna mountains. Ballyfarnon is along the route of the 120km
long Miners Way and Historical Trail. These two interlinked walking
routes traverse the hills and valleys of Leitrim, Roscommon and
Sligo. They take in the northern shores of Lough Allen, the Arigna
Mountains, Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle and the Curlieu Mountains
and Bricklieve Mountains.
Just 9km east of Ballyfarnon is Arigna Mining Experience Museum.
This provides visitors with a unique insight into what coal mining
life was like in the Arigna Valley, since its beginning in the
1700's until closure in 1990. Arigna offers tours and exhibitions to
y bring the past to life.
15km south of Ballyfarnon is the magnificent Lough Key Forest
Park . This park comprises some 350 hectares of mixed woodlands
and incorporates a number of islands of Lough Key. This is a park of
superb natural beauty, combining the woodlands and water with a
wealth of historical and archaeological points of interest including
the Bog Garden, Fairy Bridge, Ice House, Wishing Chair and a variety
of onsite and local facilities and attractions.
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