Ballindrait

Ballindrait Baile an Droichid
Village
Bridge and road junction in Ballindrait. A monument to the left of the bridge, which crosses the Burn Dale, commemorates The Earl of Tyrone's journey through Ballindrait during the 1607 Flight of the Earls.
Ballindrait Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54.8445°N 7.5263°W / 54.8445; -7.5263
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Barony	Raphoe North
Population  (2016)[1]	170
Irish Grid Reference	H304997

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][1]

The former Ballindrait railway station served the area from 1909 until 1960, and was on the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway line.^[7] The R264 regional road passes through Ballindrait village,^[8] where it crosses the Burn Dale on Ballindrait Bridge (originally built c. 1740).^[4][9]

The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built c. 1810.^[10] 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.^[11][12] Also in Murlough townland is Ballindrait Windmill (built c. 1874).^[13]

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballindrait". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
2. "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. 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. "Ballindrait station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
8. "Temporary closure of R264-4, Ballindrait, County Donegal" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
9. "Ballindrait Bridge, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
10. "Ballindrait Presbyterian Church, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
11. "St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Murlog, Lofford Common, Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
12. "St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Murlog, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
13. "Ballindrait Windmill, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2021.