Ballintra
Baile an tSratha | |
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Village | |
 Ballintra's main street | |
  Ballintra Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°34′30″N 8°07′24″W / 54.5749°N 8.1234°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Population (2016)[1] | 191 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G917700 |
Ballintra (Irish: Baile an tSratha)[2] is a village in the parish of Drumholm in the south of County Donegal, Ireland, just off the N15 road between Donegal town and Ballyshannon. Ballintra lies on the northern bank of the Blackwater river (sometimes referred to as the Ballintra River).[3] The river rises in the hills that lie inland from the town, and flows through a number of small lakes before spilling over a small waterfall in a gorge behind the village.[citation needed]
The Irish meaning of Ballintra, Baile an tSratha, means town by the low-lying land along a river, the village is situated close to Rossnowlagh and Murvagh beaches.
The village is situated in a limestone area, and there are a number of quarries in the area.[4]
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballintra". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Baile an tSratha/Ballintra". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Abhainn Bhaile an tSratha / Ballintra River". Logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Report on Ballintra cSAC (candidate Special Area of Conservation)" (PDF). npws.ie. National Parks and Wildlife Service. 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2018.