Ballindrait (Irish: Baile an Droichid, meaning 'town of the bridge')[2] is a townland, village and census town in County Donegal, Ireland. Located near Lifford, the village and townland of Ballindrait is in the civil parish of Clonleigh and the barony of Raphoe North.[2][3] The Burn Dale flows through the centre of Ballindrait.[4]

Ballindrait (Baile an Droichid) was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the first time in the 2016 census,[5] at which time it had a population of 170 people.[6][7]

The former Ballindrait railway station served the area from 1909 until 1960, and was on the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway line.[8] The R264 regional road passes through Ballindrait village,[9] where it crosses the Burn Dale on Ballindrait Bridge (originally built c. 1740).[4][10]

The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built c. 1810.[11] St. Patrick's Church, usually known locally as Murlog Chapel, the local Catholic church (located outside the village in Murlough townland), was built in the 1960s to replace an earlier mid-19th century church.[12][13] Also in Murlough townland is Ballindrait Windmill (built c. 1874).[14]

References

  1. ^ "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Ballindrait". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Baile an Droichid / Ballindrait". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Ballindrait Townland, Co. Donegal". townlands.ie. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Sheet 6 (Map) (4th ed.). Discovery Series. Dublin: Ordnance Survey of Ireland. 2012.
  5. ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021. 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Baile an Droichid
  6. ^ "Baile an Droichid (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 August 2021. Baile an Droichid (Ballindrait) [..] 170 Population [2016] – Census
  7. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballindrait". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Ballindrait station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Temporary closure of R264-4, Ballindrait, County Donegal" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Ballindrait Bridge, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Ballindrait Presbyterian Church, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  12. ^ "St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Murlog, Lofford Common, Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. ^ "St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Murlog, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Ballindrait Windmill, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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