Ballyroan () 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.
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](_blank)
. 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)