Strokestown (Irish: Béal na mBuillí) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the N5 National primary route and the R368 regional road in the north of the county.

Notable features includes one of the widest streets in Ireland and Strokestown Park House (an 18th century mansion) with the longest herbaceous border in Britain and Ireland.
 
Strokestown Park featurea a Famine Museum commemorating the Great Famine of 1845 in the town.

Sliabh Ban or White Mountain, derives its name from the fact that the rocks which form the mountain are paler in colour i.e. sandstone and conglomerates rather than the grey limestone of the surrounding plains. It offers tourists a forest walk of c.20km ranging from 150m to 258m elevation, along with panoramic viewing points.
 
The Irish name of Strokestown is Bel-Ath-na-mBuilli; translated this means them mouth (ford) of the Strokes. The mouth refers to the Bumlin River that runs through the demesne and the Strokes may refer to a battle that took place in the region. Others believe that Stroke signifies the use of agricultural instruments, which would have been widely used in the past.
 
Strokestown is an estate town, one of the few planned towns in the county.The town falls within the final phase of estate town foundation as the new landlord system spread further west. Strokestown is located on the main east-west route between Westport and Dublin. The town was planned around Strokestown House by the Packenham Mahon Family who wished to create the widest main street in Europe. This culminated in the Church Street/Bawn Street axis, which extends from the entrance gate of Strokestown Park House to St. John’s Heritage Centre

Strokestown is 144km (90 miles) from Dublin, 23 km (14 miles) from Longford on the N5. Strokestown is also on all bus routes.