Ballintra
Sign in to saveBallintra () is a village in the civil parish of Drumhome in the south of County Donegal, Ireland, just off the N15 road between Donegal town and Ballyshannon. Ballintra lies on the northern bank of the Blackwater river (sometimes referred to as the Ballintra River). The river rises in the hills that lie inland from the town, and flows through a number of small lakes before spilling over a small waterfall in a gorge behind the village.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ballintra
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:ballintra.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ballintra's main street
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ulster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Donegal
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 242
- Settlement.timezone1
- WET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Donegal
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Church of Ireland, Ballintra - geograph.org.uk - 913408.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ballintra
- Irish Grid Reference
- G917700
- historic county
- County Donegal
- native label
- Baile an tSratha
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Amenities
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- People
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- References
Ballintra () is a village in the civil parish of Drumhome in the south of County Donegal, Ireland, just off the N15 road between Donegal town and Ballyshannon. Ballintra lies on the northern bank of the Blackwater river (sometimes referred to as the Ballintra River). The river rises in the hills that lie inland from the town, and flows through a number of small lakes before spilling over a small waterfall in a gorge behind the village.
The Irish meaning of Ballintra, Baile an tSratha, means town by the low-lying land along a river, the village is situated close to Rossnowlagh and Murvagh beaches.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballintra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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