Ballintogher

Ballintogher
Baile an Tóchair
Village
R290 road at Ballintogher
R290 road at Ballintogher
Ballintogher is located in Ireland
Ballintogher
Ballintogher
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°12′04″N 8°21′54″W / 54.201°N 8.365°W / 54.201; -8.365
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
331
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceG760280

Ballintogher (Irish: Baile an Tóchair)[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east. Known as "The Town of the Causeway", Ballintogher is situated near Lough Gill, and the "Lake Isle of Innisfree" made famous by the poet W. B. Yeats.[3]

Ballintogher was located near the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which was begun in the 1870s and closed in 1957.[3] The village had a population of 331 people as of the 2016 census.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballintogher". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Baile an Tóchair / Ballintogher". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b "About Ballintogher". ballintogher.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2011.