Ballynacarrow
Ballynacarrow Baile na Cora | |
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Village | |
 The N17 passes through Ballynacarrow | |
  Ballynacarrow Location in Ireland | |
| 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 (2022)[1] | 220 |
| 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.[3]
Transport
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]
Notable people
The Irish-American orator and politician Bourke Cockran was born in Ballynacarrow in 1854.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Census 2022 – F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Baile na Cora/Ballynacarrow". Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Ballynacarrow
- ^ "Expressway 64" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ John C. McTernan (1965). Historic Sligo. Sligo: Yeats Country Publications. pp. 12, 101. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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