Ballynacarrow
Baile na Cora | |
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Village | |
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N17 passes through Ballynacarrow | |
Coordinates: 54°08′02″N 8°33′40″W / 54.1338°N 8.5612°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Sligo |
Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
Population (2016)
[1] | 202 |
Irish Grid Reference | G633206 |
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]
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]
The Irish-American orator and politician Bourke Cockran was born in Ballynacarrow in 1854. [5]
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Ballynacarrow