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 / 54.1338°N 8.5612°W / 54.1338; -8.5612
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
Elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
202
Irish Grid ReferenceG633206

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 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. ^ a b "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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