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. The Temple House estate is south of the village.

Ballynacarrow
Baile na Cora
Village
The N17 passes through Ballynacarrow
The N17 passes through Ballynacarrow
Ballynacarrow is located in Ireland
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

Ballynacarrow was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[3] at which time it had a population of 202 people.[1]

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.[4]

Notable people

The Irish-American orator and politician Bourke Cockran was born in Ballynacarrow in 1854.[5]

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. "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 September 2021. 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Ballynacarrow
  4. "Expressway 64" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. John C. McTernan (1965). Historic Sligo. Sligo: Yeats Country Publications. pp. 12, 101. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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