Ballindrait

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Ballindrait
Baile an Droichid
Village
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Bridge and road junction in Ballindrait. A monument to the left of the bridge, which crosses the Burn Dale, commemorates The Earl of Tyrone's journey through Ballindrait during the 1607 Flight of the Earls.
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Ballindrait
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°50′40″N7°31′35″W / 54.8445°N 7.5263°W / 54.8445; -7.5263 Coordinates: 54°50′40″N7°31′35″W / 54.8445°N 7.5263°W / 54.8445; -7.5263
CountryIreland
Province Ulster
County County Donegal
Barony Raphoe North
Population
 (2016) [1]
170
Irish Grid Reference H304997

Ballindrait (Irish : Baile an Droichid, meaning 'town of the bridge') [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 c. 1740). [4] [9]

The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built c. 1810. [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 c. 1874). [13]

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References

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