Ballintober, County Roscommon should not be confused with Ballintubber, County Mayo.
| Ballintober | |
| Native Name: | Irish: Baile an Tobair |
| 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 As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population: | 199 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
| Coordinates: | 53.7179°N -8.4096°W |
| Elevation M: | 83 |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Ballintober [2] is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is 6km (04miles) from the town of Castlerea. As of the 2022 census, Ballintober had a population of 199.[1] The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[2]
On the outskirts of the village are the remains of an early 14th century stone castle first mentioned in writing in 1311.[3] It is not recorded who built Ballintober Castle, but it is generally associated with the O'Conor family who ruled Connaught for several centuries.[3]