Ballindrait

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title: "Ballindrait" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-and-villages-in-county-donegal", "townlands-of-county-donegal"] description: "Village in County Donegal, Ireland" topic_path: "general/towns-and-villages-in-county-donegal" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballindrait" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in County Donegal, Ireland ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Ballindrait
native_name	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	A scene in Balindrait - geograph.org.uk - 1159053 (cropped).jpg
image_caption	Bridge and road junction in Ballindrait. A monument to the left of the bridge, which crosses the Burn Dale, commemorates The Earl of Tyrone's journey through Ballindrait during the 1607 Flight of the Earls.
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
coordinates
blank_name_sec1	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info_sec1
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Ulster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Donegal
subdivision_type3	Barony
subdivision_name3	Raphoe North
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2022
population_total	100
population_footnotes
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Ballindrait () is a townland, village and census town in County Donegal, Ireland. Located near Lifford, the village and townland of Ballindrait is in the civil parish of Clonleigh and the barony of Raphoe North. The Burn Dale flows through the centre of Ballindrait.

Ballindrait (Baile an Droichid) was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 170 people.

The former Ballindrait railway station served the area from 1909 until 1960, and was on the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway line. The R264 regional road passes through Ballindrait village, where it crosses the Burn Dale on Ballindrait Bridge (originally built ).

The Presbyterian church (within the village) was built . St. Patrick's Church, usually known locally as Murlog Chapel, the local Catholic church (located outside the village in Murlough townland), was built in the 1960s to replace an earlier mid-19th century church. Also in Murlough townland is Ballindrait Windmill (built ).

References

References

1. "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Ballindrait". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland).
2. "Baile an Droichid / Ballindrait". Placenames Database of Ireland.
3. "Ballindrait Townland, Co. Donegal".
4. (2012). "Sheet 6". [[Ordnance Survey of Ireland]].
5. "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". Central Statistics Office.
6. "Baile an Droichid (Ireland) Census Town".
7. (April 2016). "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballindrait". Central Statistics Office.
8. "Ballindrait station". Railscot - Irish Railways.
9. (September 2015). "Temporary closure of R264-4, Ballindrait, County Donegal". Donegal County Council.
10. "Ballindrait Bridge, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
11. "Ballindrait Presbyterian Church, Ballindrait, Ballindrait, Donegal". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
12. "St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Murlog, Lofford Common, Ballindrait, Donegal". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
13. "St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Murlog, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
14. "Ballindrait Windmill, Murlough (Clonleigh South), Ballindrait, Donegal". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

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