Strokestown
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Strokestown Béal na mBuillí |
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Irish Grid Reference M934815 |
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Province: | Connacht | |
County: | County Roscommon | |
Elevation: | 79 m | |
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Strokestown (Irish: Béal na mBuillí) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the N5 road in the north of the county.
Notable features includes one of the widest streets in Ireland, a famine museum commemorating the Great Famine of 1845, Strokestown Park House (an 18th century mansion) and the longest herbaceous border in Britain and Ireland.