Ballincar
Baile an Chartha | |
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Village | |
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R291 regional road passes through Ballincar | |
Coordinates: 54°17′53″N 8°30′00″W / 54.298°N 8.5°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Sligo |
Population (2016)
[1] | 424 |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | G674389 |
Ballincar ( Irish: Baile an Chartha) [2] is a small village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Drumcliff, and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres (0.62 sq mi). [3] It is a largely linear coastal settlement which overlooks Sligo Bay and lies on the R291 regional road between Sligo town and Rosses Point. [4] As of the 2016 census, the census town of Ballincar had a population of 424 people. [5]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, barrow and midden sites. [6] The ruin of a semi-fortified house, recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places as a "plantation casle" and previously associated with the Griffith family, is also in Ballincar townland. [7] [6]
Ballincar is located close to Sligo town, and the Radisson Blu Hotel Sligo is located in the townland. [4] According to Sligo County Council's 2017 development plan, there were "no community facilities in the village" with services "provided in neighbouring settlements" including Rosses Point and Sligo. [4]