Ballinafad

Infobox Irish Place
name = Ballinafad
gaeilge = Béal an Átha Fada
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pin coords = left: 99px; top: 89px
north coord = 54.0275 | west coord = 8.3372 | irish grid = G779087
area = | elevation = 90 m
province = Connacht
county = County Sligo
population = | town pop = - | rural pop = -
census yr = 2002
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Ballinafad (Irish place name|Béal an Átha Fada|Mouth of the long ford) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. There is also a village Ballinafad in Connemara, County Galway.

Ambrose O'Higgins, who became governor of Chile and viceroy of Perú, was born in this area. Ambrose was father of Bernardo O'Higgins, leader of South American emancipation.

ee also

* List of towns in the Republic of Ireland