Editing Ballaghaderreen (section)

==Transport==
Ballaghaderreen was previously located on the [[N5 road (Ireland)|N5]] [[national primary road]] linking [[Longford]] to [[Westport, County Mayo|Westport]]. However, the town was bypassed in September 2014 with the re-routing of the N5 to the north of the town.<ref>{{cite web | title = N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass | work = NRA Road Scheme Activity | url = http://www.nra.ie/RoadSchemeActivity/RoscommonCountyCouncil/N5BallaghaderreenBypass/SchemeName,16454,en.html | access-date = 2013-07-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130507171406/http://www.nra.ie/RoadSchemeActivity/RoscommonCountyCouncil/N5BallaghaderreenBypass/SchemeName,16454,en.html | archive-date = 2013-05-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="ByPassOopen">{{cite web|url=http://www.tii.ie/news/press-releases/N5-Ballaghaderreen-Bypass-Opens/|title=N5 Ballaghaderreen Bypass Opens|access-date=16 April 2018|date=September 2017|website=Transport Infrastructure Ireland}}</ref>

The nearest railway stations are in [[Castlerea railway station|Castlerea]] (21 km) and [[Boyle railway station|Boyle]] (26 km). Ballaghaderreen was previously served by the [[Ballaghaderreen branch line]] from [[Kilfree Junction railway station|Kilfree Junction]], with [[Ballaghaderreen railway station]] having opened on 2 November 1874 and closed permanently on 4 February 1963.<ref>{{cite web | title= Ballaghaderreen station| work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2012-07-26}}</ref> The station house remains standing, in a state of severe dereliction, just off Station Road.

Ballaghaderreen is on the main Dublin-Ballina bus route and there are several buses daily serving this route.[[Ireland West Airport]] is 15&nbsp;km to the west.