Ballynacarrow

Ballynacarrow, locally Ballinacarrow (Irish: Baile na Cora),[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Sligo town.[3] The Temple House estate is south of the village.

Ballynacarrow

Baile na Cora
Village
The N17 passes through Ballynacarrow
Ballynacarrow
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°08′02″N 8°33′40″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
Elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
202
Irish Grid ReferenceG633206

The population was 202, as of the 2016 Census.[1] This was the first census for which village data was specifically recorded.[4]

Transport

Ballynacarrow is on the N17 Galway to Collooney road. The village is a stop on the Bus Éireann Galway to Derry Expressway route 64.[5]

People

The Irish-American orator and politician Bourke Cockran was born in Ballynacarrow in 1854.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballinacarrow". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. "Baile na Cora/Ballynacarrow". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. Google (22 February 2018). "Ballynacarrow South to Sligo Post Office" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. "Ballinacarrow Min-Plan" (PDF). Sligo County Council. August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. "Expressway 64" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. John C. McTernan (1965). Historic Sligo. Sligo: Yeats Country Publications. pp. 12, 101. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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