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Ballyroan ()〔(Ballyroan ) ''Placenames Database of Ireland''. Retrieved: 2011-02-21.〕 is a suburb in Rathfarnham, County Dublin in 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.〔(Mapviewer ) (Select ''Historic 6"'' option to view townlands). ''Ordnance Survey Ireland''. Retrieved: 2011-02-21.〕 The modern suburb of Ballyroan has extended somewhat beyond the traditional townland boundaries.〔(Ballyroan Townland: Delineation and Decline — Part 1 ) by Kieran Swords. ''Dublin Historical Record'', Vol. 49, No. 2 (Autumn 1996), pp. 118-129. Retrieved: 2011-02-21.〕 The centre of Ballyroan contains the Rosemount shopping centre, the parish church which opened in December 1967 and which possesses two murals inside by the artist, Seán Keating,〔(Ballyroan parish ). Retrieved: 2010-10-12.〕 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 and opened on 18 February 2013.〔(Find a Library > Ballyroan ) South Dublin Libraries. Retrieved: 2013-07-04.〕〔(Redeveloped library to be handed over to council ) Irish Times, 2012-11-05.〕 There are two secondary schools, Sancta Maria College and Coláiste Éanna, and a local scout troop.〔(Ballyroan scout troop ). Retrieved: 2010-10-12. 〕 Ballyroan is served by the 15B bus route.〔(Dublin Bus 15B service to Ballyroan ). Retrieved: 2010-10-12.〕 The international golf player Pádraig Harrington and the late Australian Football player Jim Stynes are from the area. ==Pictures of Ballyroan== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ballyroan, County Dublin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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