Ballynacarrow

Ballynacarrow
Baile na Cora
Village
Ballynacarrow
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°08′02″N 8°33′40″W / 54.1338°N 8.5612°W / 54.1338; -8.5612Coordinates: 54°08′02″N 8°33′40″W / 54.1338°N 8.5612°W / 54.1338; -8.5612
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Sligo
Elevation 64 m (210 ft)
Population (2016)[1]
 • Total 202
Irish Grid Reference G633206

Ballynacarrow (Irish: Baile na Cora[2]), locally Ballinacarrow, 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.

The population is 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. 1 2 "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Ballinacarrow". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Baile na Cora/Ballynacarrow". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government 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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