Ballintogher Explained

Ballintogher
Native Name:Irish: Baile an Tóchair
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:54.201°N -8.365°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name1:Connacht
Subdivision Name3:County Sligo
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:65
Population:331
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Ballintogher [2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east. Known as "The Town of the Causeway", Ballintogher is situated near Lough Gill, and the "Lake Isle of Innisfree" made famous by the poet W. B. Yeats.[3]

Ballintogher was located near the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which was begun in the 1870s and closed in 1957. The village had a population of 331 people as of the 2016 census.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballintogher . Census 2016 . . April 2016 . 7 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Baile an Tóchair / Ballintogher. logainm.ie . Irish Placenames Database . 27 June 2011.
  3. Web site: About Ballintogher . ballintogher.com . 27 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326062001/http://www.ballintogher.com/about/aboutballintogher.html . 26 March 2012 . dead .