Ballindrait Explained

Ballindrait
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:54.8445°N -7.5263°W
Blank Name Sec1:Irish Grid Reference
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ulster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Donegal
Subdivision Type3:Barony
Subdivision Name3:Raphoe North
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population:170
Population Footnotes:[1]

Ballindrait [2] is a townland, village and census town in County Donegal, Ireland. Located near Lifford, the village and townland of Ballindrait is in the civil parish of Clonleigh and the barony of Raphoe North.[2] [3] The Burn Dale flows through the centre of Ballindrait.[4]

Ballindrait (Baile an Droichid) was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the first time in the 2016 census,[5] at which time it had a population of 170 people.[6] [1]

The former Ballindrait railway station served the area from 1909 until 1960, and was on the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway line.[7] The R264 regional road passes through Ballindrait village,[8] where it crosses the Burn Dale on Ballindrait Bridge (originally built).[4] [9]

The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built .[10] St. Patrick's Church, usually known locally as Murlog Chapel, the local Catholic church (located outside the village in Murlough townland), was built in the 1960s to replace an earlier mid-19th century church.[11] [12] Also in Murlough townland is Ballindrait Windmill (built).[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballindrait . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 12 September 2021 .
  2. Web site: Baile an Droichid / Ballindrait . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 12 September 2021 .
  3. Web site: Ballindrait Townland, Co. Donegal . townlands.ie . 12 September 2021 .
  4. Sheet 6 . 2012 . Discovery Series . . 4th . Dublin .
  5. Web site: Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement . Central Statistics Office . cso.ie . 26 June 2021 . 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Baile an Droichid .
  6. Web site: Baile an Droichid (Ireland) Census Town . citypopulation.de . 22 August 2021 . Baile an Droichid (Ballindrait) [..] 170 Population [2016] – Census .
  7. Web site: Ballindrait station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 12 September 2021 .
  8. Web site: Temporary closure of R264-4, Ballindrait, County Donegal . Donegal County Council . donegalcoco.ie . September 2015 . 12 September 2021 .
  9. Web site: Ballindrait Bridge, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 September 2021 .
  10. Web site: Ballindrait Presbyterian Church, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 September 2021 .
  11. Web site: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Murlog, Lofford Common, Ballindrait, Donegal . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 September 2021 .
  12. Web site: St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Murlog, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 September 2021 .
  13. Web site: Ballindrait Windmill, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 12 September 2021 .

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