Ballintogher

Ballintogher Baile an Tóchair
Village
Road at Ballintogher
Ballintogher Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°12′04″N 8°21′54″W / 54.201°N 8.365°WCoordinates: 54°12′04″N 8°21′54″W / 54.201°N 8.365°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Sligo
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
• Total	182
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	G760280
Website	www.ballintogher.com

Ballintogher (Irish: Baile an Tóchair)^[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east. Known as "The Town of the Causeway", Ballintogher is situated near Lough Gill, and the "Lake Isle of Innisfree" made famous by the poet W. B. Yeats.^[3]

Ballintogher was located near the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which was begun in the 1870s and closed in 1957.^[3]

References

1. "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
2. "Baile an Tóchair / Ballintogher". Government of Ireland. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
3. "About Ballintogher". Aidan Burke and Enda McCormack. Retrieved 27 June 2011.