| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Ballyforan | |
| Native Name: | Irish: Béal Átha Feorainne |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 53.4703°N -8.2692°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Connacht |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | County Roscommon |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population: | 227 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Ballyforan [2] is a village in south County Roscommon, Ireland on the R363 road between Ballygar and Dysart. It lies beside the River Suck which separates County Roscommon and County Galway.
Amenities in the area include a post office, pub, grocery shop, school, health centre, GAA and snooker clubs, community centre, school and pre-school, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. Josephs (built in 1857).[3] As of early 2020, the local national (primary) school, Ballyforan Mixed National School, had approximately 60 pupils enrolled.[4]
Politician and sportsperson Jack McQuillan was born in Ballyforan. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship twice, and represented Roscommon in Dáil Éireann from 1948 to 1965.[5]