Ballindrait ()
is a
townland
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, village and
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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in
County Donegal
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, Ireland. Located near
Lifford
Lifford (, historically anglicised as ''Liffer'') is the county town of County Donegal, Ireland, the administrative centre of the county and the seat of Donegal County Council, although the town of Letterkenny is often mistaken as holding this ...
, the village and townland of Ballindrait is in the
civil parish
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of Clonleigh and the
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
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of
Raphoe North
Raphoe North (; ), or North Raphoe, is a barony in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being ...
.
The
Burn Dale
The Burn Dale (Irish: ''An Daoil'', meaning 'the Black One' Patrick McKay, ''A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names'', p. 54. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.) is a burn or small river in the east of ...
flows through the centre of Ballindrait.
Ballindrait (''Baile an Droichid'') was designated as a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
by the
Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 170 people.
The former
Ballindrait railway station
Ballindrait railway station served the village of Ballindrait in County Donegal, Ireland.
The station opened on 1 January 1909 when the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee built the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway from Strabane to Letter ...
served the area from 1909 until 1960, and was on the
Strabane and Letterkenny Railway
The Strabane and Letterkenny Railway was a narrow gaugeJohnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland, Stephen Johnson, Midland Publishing Limited, 1997, railway line between Strabane, County Tyrone and Letterkenny, County Donegal in I ...
line. The
R264 regional road passes through Ballindrait village, where it crosses the
Burn Dale
The Burn Dale (Irish: ''An Daoil'', meaning 'the Black One' Patrick McKay, ''A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names'', p. 54. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.) is a burn or small river in the east of ...
on Ballindrait Bridge (originally built ).
The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built . St. Patrick's Church, usually known locally as Murlog Chapel, the local
Catholic
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church (located outside the village in Murlough townland), was built in the 1960s to replace an earlier mid-19th century church. Also in Murlough townland is Ballindrait Windmill (built ).
References
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Towns and villages in County Donegal
Townlands of County Donegal