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]

References

  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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballintogher
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