The Albert Brothers' Fairyland Ballroom in Roscommon town opened its doors on November 23rd, 1961 to the sounds of
both the Mighty Avons and Clipper Carlton, two of the biggest showbands in the country at the time. The ballroom, which
had to compete with the existing Astor Ballroom, which (naturally) objected to the new ballroom being granted a dance licence. The ballroom was granted its licence based on a maximum capacity of 1400 dancers. For the next decade, the ballroom was one of the ballrooms in the west. In early 1971, the ballroom was taken over by the Associated Ballroom group (led by Con Hynes) and was reopened as the Wagon Wheel Ballroom on May 8th, 1971 by Big Tom and the Mainliners. Based on our research (which is limited as the local Roscommon Herald newspaper is not part of our newspaper archives, it appears the Wagon Wheel operated into the mid-1970's. It would eventually become a cash and carry (as many ballrooms did) but by 2019 the ballroom was empty and for rent.