Ballinameen | |
Native Name: | Irish: Béal an Átha Mín |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Connacht |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | County Roscommon |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population: | 191 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 53.897°N -8.302°W |
Blank Name: | Irish grid reference |
Ballinameen [1] is a small village and census town in County Roscommon, Ireland. Located in the historical barony of Frenchpark on the R370 regional road,[2] the village had a population of 191 people as of the 2016 census.[3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort and barrow sites in the surrounding townlands of Knockglass, Dooneen and Camlin.[4] The village's Roman Catholic parish church, in the Diocese of Elphin,[5] was designed by William Henry Byrne and completed .[6]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Ballinameen GAA,[7] won the Roscommon Junior "A" Football Championship in 2019.[8] Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Eoin, Ballinameen's national (primary) school, is located outside the village and had 38 pupils enrolled in 2017.[9]